In fact colonies were the engine that created Western Democracies. At ancient Greece time, where democracy as a term was coined, "demos kratos" meant power of v

In fact colonies were the engine that created Western Democracies. At ancient Greece time, where democracy as a term was coined, "demos kratos" meant power of voting citizens. Where the citizen is a "respectful person" - wealthy guy - slave owner at least. Nothing have changed in principle since then, it just slave ownership became "remote". How many African, South American, Indian gold coins lie under each stone of those beautiful European plazas? Yes, without that cache flow the humanity might had no Enlightenment and Industrial Revolution as they were so all this is not that black and white. We just need to understand that.