Late Stage Colonialism
"๐๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ช๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ด๐ฎ ๐ช๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ด๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ด๐ง๐ช๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ญ๐บ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ช๐ต๐ด ๐จ๐ณ๐ช๐ฑ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ต๐บ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต. ๐๐บ ๐ข ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐จ๐ช๐ค, ๐ช๐ต ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ด๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ด, ๐ฅ๐ช๐ด๐ง๐ช๐จ๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ฐ๐บ๐ด ๐ช๐ต." โ Frantz Fanon
๐๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐๐ญ๐ ๐๐ญ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐ข๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ?
The Ghanian revolutionary Kwame Nkrumah wrote that neocolonialism is the last stage of imperialism, that "๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ช๐จ๐ฏ ๐ค๐ข๐ฑ๐ช๐ต๐ข๐ญ ๐ช๐ด ๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ช๐ต๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ญ๐ฅ".
Many nations including the United States, Canada, Australia, and Israel, and some would argue much of Latin America have been settler-colonial states since their foundation. However much of the world, particularly the global south, exists under neocolonialism whereby western powers and institutions exploit their resources and subjugate the population. Even as countries gain their independence colonialism has not stopped, it has just taken on its final form.
๐๐ก๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐๐ฑ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ?
LateStageColonialism exists as a space explicitly for discussing the atrocities and continuing effects of colonialism and imperialism both in regards to the past and as they continue into the future. This space exists as a form of education and discussion because many people are truly unaware of the harms and atrocities of colonialism, and how it is still immensely damaging today. Many people think that just because today is no longer called the "Age of Colonisation" by western historians that colonialism no longer exists. They are unaware of the concepts of settler colonialism and neocolonialism and how they themselves may be complicit in living on stolen land. This sub is not meant as a debate sub, it is an education and discussion sub for people who will engage in good faith and want to learn. It is also meant as a guiding point for introducing people for the concept of decolonisation and what it may entail.
๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ข ๐๐ก๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐.๐๐๐/๐/๐ป๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ฒ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ข ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐.