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> Colonialism was essentially "resource interdependence" I guess we will have to unwind back to definitions because afaict, Colonialism was about domination of
by fnord123 4y ago
> Colonialism was essentially "resource interdependence"
I guess we will have to unwind back to definitions because afaict, Colonialism was about domination of a people to extract their resources, by using the people as a disposable resource. I don't think the people being dominated depend(ed) on the colonisers.
- lucideer 4y agoUpvoted because this made me laugh, but I do think focusing on "inter-" being bidirectional is splitting hairs here. I'd say most relevant examples of "external resource dependence" in this conversation thread will be asymmetrical.
- fnord123 4y agoNo the point of interdependence is when its mutual. If it's about domination then sure you have one country invading another. When there is mutual interdependence then it's a massive disincentive for war. Such a weird exchange. You used better terminology to explain what I meant ("resource interdependence") but still seem to have a different idea of what my point was.
- hnbad 4y agoIn many cases colonialism involved making the colony dependent while extracting its resources or also as part of extracting its resources. Replacing food crops with cash crops and then importing food because it can be produced cheaper elsewhere, for example. Arguably this is even more so the case in post-colonial Africa given that regional development programmes and IMF loans usually emphasize exports (for supposedly high ROI) rather than self-sustainability.