The source that you quote here has a lot of "may be" and "some analyses indicate that", which tells us both that in fact the source is not certain about it's im

The source that you quote here has a lot of "may be" and "some analyses indicate that", which tells us both that in fact the source is not certain about it's impact. It does start out with a couple of hard facts about how profitable it was for the slave owners themselves, which is then the only hard fact in the whole piece. If anything, it proves my point about profitability. Germany's industrial power is a separate issue that is directly attributable to one or two major historical events that have absolutely nothing to do with colonialism. Suffice it to say that it doesn't compare, because few other countries have gone through a similar process. Edit: I discussed this with someone else and then I realised you are also just wrong about Germany having no colonies. For example: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_former_German_colonies https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_former_German_colonies