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That’s exactly what is happening though, regardless of how much it is angering you. Millions of people moving to another country is colonization no matter how
by edgyquant 3y ago
That’s exactly what is happening though, regardless of how much it is angering you. Millions of people moving to another country is colonization no matter how you want to spin it.
- piva00 3y agoNot exactly, people moving without trying to take control is just settling, when they try to overtake control instead of assimilating into the culture they immigrated to then I think it can be considered some form of colonisation.
- nescioquid 3y agoIn The Prince, Machiavelli describes the use of settlers to exert indirect control over an area. One benefit of this approach is that the values and attitudes of the settlers will spread to or exert influence over the locals. At the very least, it destabilizes the existing order. If a group doesn't assimilate, it looks like a ghetto or a "colony". Settling, on the other hand, is inherently about control.
- edgyquant 3y agoHow is settling different from colonization? Seems to be synonyms to me
- piva00 3y agoSettling doesn't imply control, it's just people moving to a place and settling on it; colonisation is the act of taking control of an area, which settling can help to achieve. They are not synonyms.