Just have a minor problem with the author’s depiction of imperialism in Africa. The era of European colonialism was Africa’s period of greatest prosperity, growth, improvement in infrastructure, and stability. It wasn’t exactly a redistribution of wealth thing.
That is because you and I know that wealth is not the pie, it is the bakery. Leftists don’t get that.
Absolutely. The author implies that Britain came into a peaceful and wealthy area of Africa, which they later made into Nigeria, stole all their “stuff” and created ethnic conflict.
In actual fact, of course, the area was incredibly poor and racked by warfare long before Europeans showed up. There just wasn’t much of anything to steal. Colonialism was at best a break-even proposition for the imperial power. Most lost a great deal of money. Imperialism was not engaged in for profit and loss reasons.