Quote Originally Posted by mfckrz View Post
In any event, the "colonialism made the West rich" argument is trivially easy to debunk. If anything colonization hurt the West by undercutting its own local development, and inadvertently helped the 3rd world by introducing technology and efficient institutions. And now we're on course for ecological ruin thanks to insatiable 3rd world growth—a big mistake in retrospect.
Debunk it, I'm listening. I could be somewhat ignorant regarding the nuanced history of colonialism so I'm open to listening on what you have to say here.