Ethiopia is now Africa's fastest growing economy

Re:Ethiopia is now Africa's fastest growing economy by jkaplowitz on Monday May 21, 2018 @12:59PM (#17119845)

Unlike most of Africa, Europeans never colonized Ethiopia. The closest they got is a 5-year occupation during World War II which is too short to count as true colonization.

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Re:Ethiopia is now Africa's fastest growing economy by seanmcdirmid on Monday May 21, 2018 @01:57PM (#17120298)

The Italian occupation was definitely an attempt at colonization. We can argue if it was considered temporarily successful or not, but I’m not sure what true colonization is like I’m not sure what a true Scotsman is.

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Re:Ethiopia is now Africa's fastest growing economy by jkaplowitz on Monday May 21, 2018 @04:00PM (#17121338)

Yeah they definitely tried to colonize Ethiopia then. We're agreeing. They simply failed to stay long enough to convert an occupation into a colonization.

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Re:Ethiopia is now Africa's fastest growing economy by gspetr on Monday May 21, 2018 @05:20PM (#17121928)

I think that is stretching the definition of colonization too far.

Using the same logic, Western countries tried to colonize Russia in 1919 and Nazi Germany colonized quite a bit of Europe during WWII.

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Re:Ethiopia is now Africa's fastest growing economy by albemuth on Monday May 21, 2018 @01:21PM (#17120035)

Until now?

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Re:Ethiopia is now Africa's fastest growing economy by jkaplowitz on Monday May 21, 2018 @01:49PM (#17120246)

This is still true. They do receive some foreign aid money from Western countries, including the US, but that's different from being a colony even if it is a tie to the global economic and geopolitical system.

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