Talk:Colonialism
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--Confuzion 03:18, 3 Apr 2004 (UTC)i think political control, moreso than economic control, is the goal of colonialism
benefits
I won't edit the article, but I would like the article to point out something: although colonialism is undoubtedly bad and its effects are tremendous, it contributed throughout history to civilize peoples which were still in the Stone Age, like in Africa.
No, I think that was a goal or motivation of colonialism. Whether or not those aims were worthy or successful should be addressed separately. There is a wide literature on the "civilizing mission" and ideas such as Kipling's The White Man's Burden.
I do not know why we even have this heading.There are no benefits of conolialism. It was an eveil system that destroyed Africa. Second, African people were civilised long before Europens set foot in this continent. Conoliaialisn did not bring civilisation to Africa.FediM
Map
The map is somewhat subjective. For example, it lists the USSR as a colonial empire, but not China. --Delirium 01:30, Apr 19, 2005 (UTC)
Australia is also not listed as being colonised
