Re:Not all the facts fit the anti-colonialist narrative
by blaser-waffle on Monday August 10, 2020 @10:14AM
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> Such was the game for all of human history until the 20th century
It hasn't stopped, it just stopped being blatant.
See Confessions of an Economic Hitman for the US approach, or the Belt & Road Initiative (and all if it's hidden enforcement measures and implications) for a Chinese implementation.
Re:Not all the facts fit the anti-colonialist narrative
by recuter on Monday August 10, 2020 @02:48PM
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Oh absolutely. And there's no shortage of pretty blatant examples to boot, people just conveniently avoid thinking about it. See East Timor for example.
We have yet to fully step out of barbarism and into modernity as a species.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qc7HmhrgTuQ
Colonisation was wholly inevitable. Japan, as per your example, had a big freak out when Perry forced them open - realised that "dutch studies" were a matter of national security - and modernised at absolute breakneck pace as they happened to have had all the social structures already in place to accomplish this.
And no sooner had they closed the gap that they turned around and became ruthless colonisers themselves. Such was the game for all of human history until the 20th century.