"The country was doing fine when it was a racial caste system centered on extracting and exporting natural resources to the metropole" is definitely a hell of a

"The country was doing fine when it was a racial caste system centered on extracting and exporting natural resources to the metropole" is definitely a hell of a take. Sure the British kept the city nice for themselves when they were getting approximately free mining labor out of the bargain. Shockingly there hasn't been stability during the transition away from this model; post-colonial regimes are unstable, welcome to world history. What if Europe repatriated some of the wealth that was extracted at gunpoint over the last two centuries? Maybe that would stabilize things somewhat.