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[–] impartial_fanboy@hexbear.net 1 points 2 months ago

The dynamics of capital. It's a given, which is why I caveated it with 'if they continue capital accumulation'.

Could they be nicer about? Perhaps, but that would be due to technological development allowing them to carry out their exploitation with less direct violence, not because they are somehow morally superior for having been colonized. Just as the American Empire is/was less brutal than the British.