> The Industrial Revolution was principally fueled by resource extraction, labor extraction and genocide committed in the colonies. This is patently false, and

> The Industrial Revolution was principally fueled by resource extraction, labor extraction and genocide committed in the colonies. This is patently false, and we know it’s false because the end of slavery and colonialism didn’t slow the pace of industrialization. Certainly some of the initial investment came from wealth created by slavery and colonialism, but it was by no means the principal fuel however much activist revisionist historians might like us to believe otherwise. > This is literally a standard white supremacist talking point. Maybe so, but “white supremacy” doesn’t logically follow, so the point remains valid. I’m not content to yield the truth to white supremacists, since their conclusion is incompatible with the truth. Of course this one benefit doesn’t justify colonization; injustices can have some positive outcomes—we can recognize this while acknowledging that the positive outcome doesn’t justify the injustice.