The top comment missed this part of the article entirely where they actually did mention and consider some effects of colonialism, and dismissed it as a major f

The top comment missed this part of the article entirely where they actually did mention and consider some effects of colonialism, and dismissed it as a major factor (due to the reasons given in the part I quoted, and more, "Indeed, Mats Lundahl, the leading economic historian of Haiti, does not even include the indemnity in his list of decisive events in Haiti’s economic history."). Whether that was wrong or too simplistic might be up for debate but the assertion that they didn't mention imperialism is just incorrect.