Ah, the Anglo-centric (what's centrism taken to its extreme BTW?) view. As always, utterly divorced from actual facts on the ground on the Continent.
I'm not from an English speaking country and I'm actually from the "Continent".
Re:The East African Federation experiment
by cornerfold on Monday August 08, 2022 @11:35AM
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yes, Europe had multiple colonies all over the world to extract raw material. Very easy to do that when you have a strong army. A monopoly on violence lead to that "development".
> Very easy to do that when you have a strong army
If it was so easy everyone would do it. It’s not like India wasn’t ruled by a series of colonizers long before the British.
Re:The East African Federation experiment
by Viliam1234 on Monday August 08, 2022 @06:44PM
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But how do you get the strong army without being developed first?
(I agree that once you already have a strong army, you can leverage it to get even more advantages.)
Europe was ok-ish until ~1700, then Britain reached the Industrial Revolution, then everybody in about a 2000km radius suddenly leveled up. Kind of funny how geography and culture work.