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without UK's colonial, there won't be USA. North America would be populated by native Indians whom main job is hunting buffalo all day.
Without USA's intervention, Nazi Germany and Japan collication would win World War 2.
Nazi would ccupy whole Europe, and Japans would occupy entire Asia. We (no matter if you Chineses, NZ, Australia, HK, Singapore) will all be speaking Japaneses now. In fact, we'll be chatting in Japanses now.
LZ, you still think UK is evil?
innocent life is taken during colonial, but at the same time, UK spread technology and tools across the globe. The world would be a more native and far less advanced place if wasn't for UK colonial. There's always two side of the story. I personally think the benefit of colonial outweight the harm.
Imagine China without train and steam engine throughout 19-20 centry. We will still live technology stage of Qing dynisty.作者: waitakere6 时间: 2014-1-16 18:10:18
yeah, the debate on benefit vs harm of colonialism is indeed a very deep topic. I personally hold the view that it bring more good than harm, but surely there will be other disagree.
My point being, without colonialism, United State of America wouldn't exist, and the whole world will be a very difference place now. Despite a lot people don't like USA, I think it's undeniable that without USA, Japan and German would have won WW.
Colonialism by itself is very bad for the nation been colonized, why else would USA seek independence out from British empire? But without colonization, how advanced will North Ameriaca be today? will the native Indians develop any modern technology? I don't think so.
I once talked to a Indian friend of mine, he is saying how evil the Brittish colonialism it is to India. And I just asked him, without Brittish occupation, India won't speak English, entire IT out-source industry won't exist. Then he agrees that if I look at it this way, than colonialism isn't all bad.
Human civilization is continuing evolving, colonisam does not deemed acceptable in today's value. That's why it stops. So does a lot other things, imperialism, slavery, polygamy (one man merry to many wife) etc... But just because we stopped colonism today, doesn't mean there isn't any long term benefit to it.作者: typhon 时间: 2014-1-17 11:30:04