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Cringe. The US was a colony to the UK. Singapore was some shanty island town that even Malaysia did NOT want to take in because how bad it was. Just like you

by whb07 5y ago

Cringe. The US was a colony to the UK. Singapore was some shanty island town that even Malaysia did NOT want to take in because how bad it was. Just like you cannot have a fit body without exercising, you cannot become a prosperous nation without hard work and a predictable rule-of-law. There is no way around it and to blame "colonialism" is nothing but empty words that will help no one.

yunohn 5y ago
> The US was a colony to the UK. Yes, and by that view, the USA is /still/ colonised by Europeans. The colonised Natives are not represented in any meaningful way. > Singapore was some shanty island town that even Malaysia did NOT want to take in because how bad it was. You can feel this way, but that does not justify the colonisation of Singapore by Europe. In fact, it begs the question as to why they would colonise such a “shanty town” if it wasn’t worth something to them. > cannot become a prosperous nation without hard work I’m not sure which fantasy you ascribe to that ignores how much hard manual labor the developing world’s people perform for the global economy. In fact, that is literally the basis of colonialism - to find able-bodied workers to enslave and resource-abundant regions to extract value from. > and a predictable rule-of-law I don’t know why you have such a negative impression of developing lands, to blame them for all their faults and claim they lack “rule of law” entirely. As if this is perfect in developed democracies, and the sole reason for their status. > to blame "colonialism" is nothing but empty words that will help no one. It is important to acknowledge history and not completely ignore it like you have. Regardless, you are right in that “blaming colonialism” helps no one - but that’s because colonisers don’t want to take the blame and fix things, but instead control the global playing field. This affects the poor classes of developing countries too, if you haven’t noticed. Anyways, I get the feeling none of this will educate you, so probably not worth my time.

by whb07 5y ago

yunohn 5y ago

> The US was a colony to the UK. Yes, and by that view, the USA is /still/ colonised by Europeans. The colonised Natives are not represented in any meaningful way. > Singapore was some shanty island town that even Malaysia did NOT want to take in because how bad it was. You can feel this way, but that does not justify the colonisation of Singapore by Europe. In fact, it begs the question as to why they would colonise such a “shanty town” if it wasn’t worth something to them. > cannot become a prosperous nation without hard work I’m not sure which fantasy you ascribe to that ignores how much hard manual labor the developing world’s people perform for the global economy. In fact, that is literally the basis of colonialism - to find able-bodied workers to enslave and resource-abundant regions to extract value from. > and a predictable rule-of-law I don’t know why you have such a negative impression of developing lands, to blame them for all their faults and claim they lack “rule of law” entirely. As if this is perfect in developed democracies, and the sole reason for their status. > to blame "colonialism" is nothing but empty words that will help no one. It is important to acknowledge history and not completely ignore it like you have. Regardless, you are right in that “blaming colonialism” helps no one - but that’s because colonisers don’t want to take the blame and fix things, but instead control the global playing field. This affects the poor classes of developing countries too, if you haven’t noticed. Anyways, I get the feeling none of this will educate you, so probably not worth my time.