| > They're just not having macroscopic economic impact today. Nope. Sorry, you can't whitewash the facts so easily, us from the former colonies won't let you! https://voxeu.org/article/economic-impact-colonialism > If this is right, then a third of income inequality in the world today can be explained by the varying impact of European colonialism on different societies. A big deal. > how come in the several generations since, Africa hasn't been able to develop off the back of African resources Who says it hasn't? I invite you to look at graphs at https://gapminder.org/tools. You must avoid the natural binary thinking tendency, there is a whole spectrum between "developing" and "developed". Don't forget that factors like geographical/religious/linguistic etc affect speed of development. Why are black people in the US still not doing well, despite living in the richest country in the world? It is hard to get out of the vicious cycle of poverty. > What about all the developed countries that never had any significant empire Hmm, sneaky attempt at changing goal posts - I never said colonization was necessary for development! |