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Re:The East African Federation experiment by cornerfold on Monday August 08, 2022 @11:35AM (#32386786)
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".
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Re:The East African Federation experiment by rayiner on Monday August 08, 2022 @04:36PM (#32390683)
> 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.

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Re:The East African Federation experiment by Viliam1234 on Monday August 08, 2022 @06:44PM (#32392060)
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.)

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Re:The East African Federation experiment by oblio on Tuesday August 09, 2022 @11:01AM (#32398975)
Chicken and egg. The "monopoly on violence" requires technological "development".
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