Colonialism: WTF? Introduction to colonialism and imperialism
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- In this month's episode of What the Theory?, we take a look at colonialism and imperialism. More specifically we look at the politics of colonialism and the appearance of colonialist ideology in culture.
As a primer for my upcoming video on postcolonialism, we here take a potted look at the process of colonisation (or colonization for our American friends) before examining the historical justifications for both colonialism and empire.
I then give an outline of how this ideology manifested itself within education under direct rule in India.
Next time, we'll draw upon some of these observations in order to look at the legacy of European colonialism in the present day and at how postcolonial authors, filmmakers, artists and theorists have engaged with this context.
Further Reading
Empire: A Very Short Introduction by Stephen Howe
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Discourse on Colonialism by Aimé Césaire
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Bibliography
Hulme, P. (1998) ‘Introduction: The Cannibal Scene’. in Barker, F., Hulme, P. and Iversen, M. [eds] /Cannibalism and the Colonial World/. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Kohn, M. and Reddy, K. (2017) 'Colonialism'. /The Stanford Encylopedia of Philosophy/. plato.stanford.edu/entries/co... [26 August 2018].
Mills, J. S. (1885) /Principles of Political Economy/. Abridged. New York: D. Appleton and Company. Page 163.
Mitchell, Jean Brown (2018) 'European Exploration'. /Encyclopaedia Britanicca/. www.britannica.com/topic/Euro... [26 August 2018].
Mookerjee, S. P. (1944) ‘Education in British India’. /The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science/. 233. pp. 30-38.
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Thanks for watching everyone! My video on postcolonialism in which we'll build on some of the ideas I present here and look at the legacy of colonialism in the contemporary world will be out shortly. In the mean time, if you'd like to check out more of my What the Theory? videos, I've put them all in a handy playlist here: th-cam.com/play/PLIVcDWpMT7Kd3O0eq8b6fMOwvK26vpiWE.html
Aside from imposing their culture which can argued as being terrible, the language of English was not a bad introduction at all. You've overlooked the sheer amount of languages that existed in the subcontinent to which English would act as a neutral Lingua Franca. I'd much rather learn English than the concocted mess of Hindi or the elitist dead language of Sanskrit.
Are Indian women not thankful for the British banning bride burning?
Tom. You seem to accuse the British of theft in India. Yet how do you explain the vast resources taken from the people by the Mughal empire.
Look at the Taj Mahal. A vast palace built from taxes collected from the population.
Also you neglect to mention that the Mughal Empire and culture was an entirely foreign one to the local population to begin with.
Indeed before the English arrived the schools were teaching Persian to students.
Nor was an English education forced upon people. They did have a choice.
Indeed Ghandi himself, the ultimate Indian nationalist, skipped the Indian education system entirely and paid for his own education in England. So how can you explain that?
Actually what you are taught at University completely missed the point about India. It was already ruled by a foreign culture.
you are amazing ..thank you so much we have learnt more than we did in ten years
@@HouseholdDog He clearly stated it was simplified for focus on a certain aspect.
Thank you for starting the video by saying that you can only experience this academically. It is not unusual that people who come from colonialist countries have their opinions regarding post colonialism and making it about them. This is not my first video of yours and I respect you a lot more after you said it.
I've learned more about Colonialism in this one 20 minute video than I ever have in my entire K-12 American schools. Thanks for the amazing info!
Oh my...this can be said about literally others as well..what about Geology? What about Philosophy? Etc. Look schools can't teach everything.
I believe schools should only teach stuff useful and relevant to everyone...but schools don't seem to do that...
@@lobstered_blue-lobster I actually learned a fair bit about colonialism and even American policies against natives in High School, so unless this guy went to a school with no funding or just had a teacher who didn't touch on that subject, I don't see how one doesn't learn about colonialism. I also didn't go to an elite high school either.
@@Justanothaguy well that is sensible as it is an integral part about American History. I don't know what made your school special, tho I am not from the US so I don't know. Maybe it had been your lucky that you were in a good school.
But that wasn't the point of my comment....
It's not a balanced video.
@@HouseholdDog he is not Thanos
Great video. Just thought I would let you know that historians are reevauluating "Ancient Greek Colonialism". Historians of the past have often imprinted western notions of imperialism into the Ancient Greeks. However, new evidence in the archeaology and reevaluation of established evidence has led to Greek colonisation to be reframed as "Greek mobility". Essentially that these early communities that would develop into Greek cities outside of Greece were often native sites transformes by cross Mediterranean settlement (and not just Greek settlers).
The Greek word for these cities is Apoikia (home away from home) whereas colony comes from the Roman colonia, which were communities of Romans implanted within conquered territory.
I wrote my MA dissertation on this topic, looking at the early settlement of Taras (modern Taranto).
Hi Tom, I've just discovered your little gems here on TH-cam. I am an old man now but I have always been progressive in my thinking and I'm a proud grass-roots activist. I just wanted to thank you for what you are doing. I guess it takes a lot of work to make these videos but the format is fantastic. You get the information across without appearing pedantic, boring or ideologically over-zealous, which is quite some feat at such a young age. I wish you every success at whatever you do but please carry on making the vids when you've got time. They are so important!
In the 1990's when I used to flick through a Collins 'Dictionary of Sociology' I could never have imagined content like this, zipping through undersea cables at the speed of light, to a powerful handheld multifunction communication device, for my viewing pleasure!
Now how am I going to live out in the woods or somewhere away from all of this?
Tom, I just finished taking voluminous notes on your wonderful video and am now moving on to your video on post-colonialism. I'm an American who went through school (in America) in the 1960s and through university in the 1970s. In all my history classes growing up, or in university, neither the topics of colonialism or the British Empire were even mentioned. In Middle School, we studied Western Civilization, leading into American history. The curriculum basically jumps from the Middle Ages to the Reformation, then to the Age of Discovery, Columbus, and the American civilizations of the Maya, Aztec, and English. Other than discussing the initial downfall of those civilizations through the Spanish Conquest, nothing else is discussed about Spanish colonialism once the conquest has happened. We then jump to the Puritans going to America, and our own American history (white perspective). In elementary school, they did spend time (early 60s) at about ages 8-9-10 learning about some of the American Indian tribes. All that I have learned since comes from reading historical novels and non-fiction books on my own as an adult.
I asked a British friend (who probably went through school in the 70s, and possibly university in the early 80s) about what she learned regarding the British Empire. She said NOT ONE WORD.
How is this?? Why was colonialism left out of the education of Americans and British? No wonder citizens don't understand world politics. Nor do most politicians in America, apparently. I don't know what to think about Britain. Not only did we not study colonialism, but I did not even know there was such a field called post-colonialism until a few days ago!! I have bee"n wondering for the past few years where all the social justice movements originated and why they want to throw out "anything to do with old white men," etc. But the little I have learned recently through reading Edward Said's book on Orientalism and watching some summaries online, is that I think the whole movement must have started around 1990 (which is about the time I moved outside of the United States). The ideas I'm hearing about now sound similar to what I've been hearing in Morocco over the years. I am finally starting to understand this whole viewpoint from the point-of-view of the colonized.
Anyway, do you have any thoughts on why this whole period of world history seems to have been ENTIRELY SKIPPED in both America and Britain, in the general education most people get? Would this be an idea for a subject you could talk about?
Thank you so much for your wonderful videos.
Hey!
There's a book called "The People's History of the US," I think you'll find it pretty interesting :)
As for why past sins of your nation get quietly skipped in school - there's a few different answers, but basically, your school system isn't ideologically neutral... although it often pretends to be. And in USA and the UK it's waaay less subtle than elsewhere - both of you guys have a supremacy problem. The thing you learn in history class is how _great_ your nation is, and little more. Certainly nothing that could contradict it.
thank you so much for this video. I have a paper tomorrow on colonialism and post-colonialism, your video was so informative.keep up the good work .
love and best wishes from india.
No worries, I hope it was helpful! Best of luck with the paper!
Hello Tom, thank you for explaining and condensing such large material. I've really been enjoying your theory series.
Thank you, you're doing a great job. Please continue this.
Unsung hero of youtube! I'm working on research for my EPQ and this info is so well researched and concluded, thank you!
Hey, great video. Only one mistake: Columbus was Italian not Spanish. That mistake is often made because his expeditions were in Spanish employ. Keep up the good work!
Sold his soul to Isabel, so he's ours now mwahahaha
@@osukafilms ur pfp goes hard
Definitely a massive thumbs up man! Nice explanation, digestible and easy to follow. Thanks, Tom, for the material you supply too.
Nice video! using it to study for uni and it's really nice to have everything summarized. Good job, well done :)
Thanks for saying so!
You are such a life saver during my exams. This was awesome. I finally have hopes on passing tomorrow's postcolonial literature paper!!
Best of luck!
Fascinating video and i love the fact how you make it less complicated and get straight to the point 💜
Excited to have found your channel! Thank you for the video :)
No worries Luiza! Hope you enjoy the videos!
You're just brilliant!
This is my first video of yours. Thank you for this!
No worries at all, thanks for watching Chris!
I’ve really been enjoying your videos on theory. Thank you!
Hey Tom! love your videos, would be interested to see one on development and post-development thinking, Arthur Escobar has some really good post-development critiques- thanks for all the entertainment and learning so far!
Amazing video! You explain everything so clear. I'm learning geography and this helps me a lot 👏🏽
Your videos are great, you have so many videos related to things I have studied. Your channel is like my degree but way better in terms of explaining things :D
Thank you so very much, Tom, for this excellent, lucid and true account of the history of the colonial past.
You’re very talented at explaining, enjoyed the video :)
I really appreciate you saying so, hope it was insightful in some way!
You'll be in my course this fall! Brilliant! Gratitude!
omg i wanna take ur course
Tom, you are doing a great job! Keep it up! Kudos!
Hi Tom,
Do u have any academics resources (books) about the causes of globalization? From 1500 till now
I haven’t read it myself but I’m a big fan of the Oxford “Very Short Introduction” books and they have one on Globalization written by Manfred B. Steiger which I’d suggest checking out!
Really enjoyed this video, very engaging!
Cheers Hayden, really appreciate you saying so!
Better than my uni lectures, you are great and clearly want to educate the world on REALITY!!! thank you!!!!!
Hi Tom. Great video. Just a note: the microphone is causing static and is slightly grating.
Hey Chris, Thanks!
Yes, sound has been a bit of a persistent problem in recent months. Have been playing with multiple ways of alleviating it as I know it’s really annoying!
Hey Tom ,you are so cool man and your videos are so interesting....i love the way you present the theories...and i wanted to ask you how can i contact you? Bc i'm a literature student and i have lots of question and problem, so i wanted to contact you for a piece of advice if it is possible :)
I think this video speaks more about English and Dutch colonialism which adopted more of the “bringing development to uncivilized people” propaganda. Portuguese, and Spanish colonialism, which adopting that to some extent, was still mostly based on “saving the heathen souls” propaganda.
Colonialism had a great impact and influence in India Indian education system was changed to suit imperialism.
Great vídeo, great introductory explanation...thank You very much from Colombia
Very useful. Thankyou. Please keep up the good work ✊
I came across your video, looking for answers in spite of what is going on at the moment in terms of the Black Lives Matter movement and various other discussions about race. This has been so very helpful and answered a huge chunk of the bare bones I wanted to know about colonialism, thank you so much.
You know what. This is exactly the same reason I came across this video. 😃😃😃 I started with Critical Race theory and because am African I wanted to understand how Critical Race theory through colonisation is impacting us now.
just found your channel, excellent content brother
Thank you, appreciate you saying so!
Great video, thanks! Funny detail, I wonder if you are aware of it. When you speak about the British East India company at 8:11, you show a painting of a ship with a flag of The Netherlands, so this ship is probably sailing for the Netherlands' V.O.C (United East-India Company).
Keep it up :) greetings from an international relations student from Germany
Thank you!! Super helpful :-)
No worries, glad you thought so!
Thank you mate this is very helpful
Great explanation! thank you!
Glad to hear it, hope it helped!
Hi Tom, what a good video! I just knew the reason why european countries colonize other countries. I remember my history teacher told us that portuguese explorer arrived here (in indonesia) in 15th century. And then we've been colonized by the Dutch for 350 years and occupied by imperialist japan for another 3 years. Quite a long time to gain independence! I only know that the motivation to colonize was gold, glory and gospel (money, power and religion). We did indeed have our own kingdom and government before the explorer arrived. And the cultural effect in my country now is what we call "inlander mindset" inlander mean people who live in the island. We still sometimes feel inferior than other nations, less smart, less empower, especially to western country. It create a hateful attitude towards one home and glorifying western countries as the best, the best in everything. Although. Indonesia has many many dark history regardless the colonialism. Good video! Will binge watching your stuff 👍
Hello my Indonesian friend, as a Dutchman myself i must say im really uncomfortable how my country has treated yours in the past. The echoes of colonislism are still so loud! I believe our king and goverment just recently "apologized" for the intervention after the 2nd world war. Crazy to think how stuck up the ruling classes still are and what they can get away with. Anyway visiting your amazing country is on the top of my list. What ive heard from my indonesian friends it sounds amazing. Love the food, culture and people. Huge fan of gamelan too!
@@dodododatdatdat hello. Yes i agree, we have kicked out colonialist 75 years ago but our mind is still not free. We are still not independent yet. History is difficult but we must face it. Actually i knew that Dutch King and Queen visited Indonesia to apologize for military agression after WW2, they visited the cemetery here, and i remember the Dutch government also gave financial compensation for the victim's family. I watched it in thr news. Colonialism and imperialism have changed, it's more subtle by making people stop questioning, stop learning history. Unfortunately yes, the ruling class always can get away with everything. Well thank you! Please do visit and enjoy your time here. I appreciate your comment, it's really nice to hear someone who doesn't deny history. I found people on the internet that indonesian people should be grateful to the Dutch because if we hadn't been colonized, people are still eat dirt here. I want to visit the Netherland too someday. We need to do better as a nation, as someone told me, "Decolonize your mind". Thank you, my Dutch friend. 🤗🤗🤗😀😀😀
@@arinaira1417 to decolonise our minds, We'll have no choice im afraid hahah. The cards in relation to global power are being shuffled as we speak. The vast regions of Asia will claim their dominance again as the economic powerbloc it always has been. The cards are heavily stacked in your favor geologically speaking. Its all depends how benevolent China will turn out in the end. But the sooner we accept the new order the better I think. We as, evidently superior Westeners need to look to the East and learn. We've messed up the world long enough.
i watched this short documentarie on the Dutch legacy in Indonesia. Highly recommended:
The Dutch Golden Age EP05 - The East India Company (VOC) and its legacy in Asia (English subtitles)
th-cam.com/video/NlGjwfKWwTQ/w-d-xo.html&lc=UgxTKZDcSEM3_D_m9Np4AaABAg.9H59kWL2xS99LYh9vsDcL5
(dont know if this is allowed?)
@@dodododatdatdat well yeah China is getting powerful each day. I don't know what the future looks like though. Honestly I'm afraid too 😃 because I just don't know. Oh yeah I learnt about VOC too at school, back in the day many year ago. Ok, thanks for the recommendation I'll check it out. I'm thinking about reading Max Havelaar, but haven't had a chance to.
Ah this was the info I was looking for! (personal curiosity)
Thank you very much. I have subscribed ❤️
Brilliant presentations 👏🏼👏🏽👏🏾
13:18
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love the mic in this vid
Great work, Thank u
so helpful ! tnx so much
No worries, glad to hear it was helpful!
Amazing video!
Thank you!
Thanks Tom!👍🏻
8:31 It wasn't mutiny but a War of independence
Didn't H. Spencer's theory influence C. Darwin than vice versa?
I know Hitler and Spencer are a combo
Well, if you think about it deep enough the colonial ideology seems a lot like that of a neoconservative who wants to spread democracy around the world. Sure the idea sounds good at first glance to many but you see how well that's worked. Even if Iraq seen a value in Democracy, democracy is very messy and not exactly long term. Perhaps that's why the people in Iraq rejected it? But I do see some similarities with this ideology. Personally I am one to respect the idea of natural rights and individual liberty. These are mighty great ideas our country America was founded upon. But our citizenry accepted it, embraced it. It's just a shame we've seem to forgotten about these very concepts. I don't think we had any business taking over other countries when we can't even manage our own. But that's another topic. Good video mate.
What are natural rights?
@@lucasthurston6109 I hope that your being sarcastic here but if your not let me educate you. I am talking about natural rights, Natural rights are those that are not dependent on the laws or customs of any particular culture or government, and so are universal and inalienable (they cannot be repealed by human laws, though one can forfeit their enforcement through one's actions, such as by violating someone else's rights) Hope I cleared up that fog for you.
@@PearComputingDevices Yes I understand that, where do you get them from? What is the source of non culturally dependant rights? I'm not arguing against the need for rights, I just do not see a source
@@PearComputingDevices Also I apologize because my first question was very casual and unclear
@@lucasthurston6109 You don't need one. Who says you must act to what a culture says and does? If your a free person, generally speaking, then you should have free will. Now is there obvious consiquences for doing it? Of course. You can't have freedom without personal responsibility, correct? I mean it's something we are lacking these days but liberty is a two way street. Sweeden seems to understand this better than America these days. Liberty without personal responsibility is a lot like anarchy, and for most societies that won't fly for very long. People are going to demand law and order. In any civil society these things can become elastic. That's why it's important to balance these things carefully. Look you've got politicians now saying they are going to give healthcare to just certain groups. In many ways it's the reverse of Jim Crowe. Jim Crowe didn't last for very long and neither will that. No court objectively is going to go along with giving certain groups more privileges over another, there will be some blow back somewhere to it and if it doesn't come from the courts, it will come from the citzens themselves. If these politicians where looking to solve racism, it's not the way to go. It's going o cause problems. I hope I have cleared that up for you.
thanks for the video
13:43 this same trajectory for all human societys was still taught to me in my high school geography class. How different stages of 'development' would determine if a country has a high birthrate. explaining how the wealthier countrys have a lower birthrate because people dont have to rely on their children anymore for when they are to old or to sick to work.
Basically it's tied to infant mortality rates and total life expectancy. It it seen even in Developed nations Predeveloped eras where life expectancy was low and infant mortality rates were high. Humans like all animals are hardwired to produce heirs to continue their linage.
Where infant mortality is high and life expectancy is low one can assume a lack of access to or poor quality of medical care in general.
To compensate Humans and other animals reproduce more, this is also usually partly atributed to minimal contraceptive measures undertaken due to multiple factors (religious, medical, cultural etc).
This decline of birthrate and correlated increase in life expectancy has been seen in numerous Developed nations histories independent of outside influences. It is usually a gradual change coinciding with development.
We see examples of issues that arise from rapid, sometimes forced, development has on us humans. Especially in the case of immigration from a developing nation to a Developed nation as their life experiences increase, infant mortality decreases however their birth rate remains similarly unchanged. All too often this coincides with citizenship laws being relaxed causing an exploding population of immigrants that all have little understanding of the nation's language and laws. This isn't their fault, it's usually a government decision based on increasing their GDP artificially then using them as a scapegoat for anything and everything.
Often the resulting socio-political conflicts and economic stresses get blamed entirely on the immigrants when the issues stem from government decisions.
Sad reality of the world really.
Its crazy how advanced Bethesda's character creation has become.
Hi! I recently discovered your channel and I'm obsessed with it. Great job, I'm learning so much!! I've just finished reading Ubu Roi. Wouldn't you like to make a video about pataphysics? It's been hard to understand clearly. Here's my suggestion :) continue your incredible journey, I'll watch everything!
Hey Pedro! Glad you've been enjoying the videos! I hadn't actually heard of pataphysics before reading your comment, however it looks really interesting. It's certainly something I'll add to my list of potential videos however that list is getting very, very, very long now so there's a small chance it'll take me the best part of a decade to get around to it, haha!
Perfect!
Thank youuu!
No worries Esra, hope it was useful!
@@Tom_Nicholas It was, thanks ☺
Amazing
Cool video, also loved you in Game of Thrones! Feel a lil bad for Greyjoy though ;)
Christopher Columbus was Genoese from now days Italy, not Spanish he worked under the Spanish monarchs to discover the new lands.
Thx
I'm so glad your channel took off enough to buy yourself a decent mike! This discussion is pretty good as always, but a little janky in my ears lol
Colombus was Italian, still remember that from form 3 history class.
Professor Bruce Gilley's most interesting papers on colonialism that can be found easily on the internet are at
:ttp://www.web.pdx.edu/~gilleyb/Colonialism.html .His best-known paper 'The case for colonialism' is her3e:
www.nas.org/academic-questions/31/2/the_case_for_colonialism
Well worth reading some of Gilley's recent work.
Thanks Tom. I am Angel Salvaje on your Patrion channel. You are mazing•¡!¡°
I am here trying to do my paper and I am like okay let me pull from some key factors. Hearing how narcissistic these F..Ks were is crazy to me. Like WOW!!! 16:52
I do think that you kinda skip forward to settler colonialism a bit too quickly. Until the 17th century that was really not very common and the colonial empires were mainly a series of fortified cities dotted along the coasts of the world in order to secure naval control and then plantation colonies in the Caribbean based on slavery. Generally the empires didn't penetrate very deeply into the land with the Spanish being an exception and weren't really able to anywhere other than the Americas. While this might not be as dramatic as the wide spread genocide of settler colonialism or the total control of later protectorates it's still important to talk about because that's where the foundation of European empires were made. And furthermore when you only talk about the later period you kinda end up ignoring many of the countries that never made it into that second phase of imperialism, there were many extremely large and powerful European empires that had vast mercantile empires but were not able to make it into the second industrialized period of colonialism. It kinda ends up laying the blame solely at the major European empires like France, Britain, Germany, Russia, Austria, Italy and Spain when countries like Denmark-Norway, the Netherlands and Portugal played a major role in this. Denmark-Norway for example owned what was then known as The Slave Coast, now known as The Gold Coast and grew enormously wealthy of the triangle trade but for various reasons ended up on the wrong side of the Napoleonic Wars which lead to a total loss of it's navy which meant it was no longer able to maintain it's colonial empire and went bankrupt. That's why Denmark in the 19th century looked like a minor state that had relatively little to do with European imperialism despite having just been at the fore front of it.
Also I think that talking about this step is important for explaining how colonialism really developed into settler colonialism and the intensely resource focused colonialism of the industrial revolution. Because that wasn't always the goal, Spain going heavily for silver mining was really an exception and shouldn't be seen as an example, until the industrial revolution it was mostly about trade and mercantilism.
nice cut g
Would you say mercantilism was proto capitalism?
Thanks Tom
A KHANVERSATION ON POSTCOLONIAL THEORY
Today I had a great Khanversation with my colleagues on Postcolonial Theory. We explored ideas of colonialism and the possibility of decolonizing thought. All in all it was a lot of fun and you can enjoy it too: th-cam.com/video/Cl3cWa0ndwI/w-d-xo.html.
Great video, this ideology has done more harm to the west than good. Also, that "pseudoscience" you speak of is actually based on biochemistry today, that proves different biological behaviours do exist (Armad Marie Leroi) along with evolutionary biology (Richard Lynn, Rushton, Jensen) which proves that we are indeed very diverse not just in skin colour. Apart from that good explanation.
Evolutionary biology can't prove anything.
Please (re)educate yourself on what science is and isn't.
Also, it might be a good idea not to reference white supremacist...lol
@@RK-um9tu Your reply says enough, the fact that you point to biochemistry as unable to explain racial differences implies that you need to be educated not me. Also labelling Armand a white supremacist is the cherry on top, its always the same with you lot, can't counter to save your lives so you use the good ol' "RAYSIS".
@@fleezelight There is no such thing as race in biology, it is a social construct. Every scientists knows this except white supremacists...lol
@@RK-um9tu At this point you're parroting the same stuff without being able to mention or cite any credible source which is hilarious.
@@fleezelight Not my problem you're incapable of reading the peer-reviewed scientific literature and too lazy to Google something as simple as "no biological basis for race"...lol
Where is the next video
ive started to notice how ex-colonized countrys (mostly african) have a lot of dictatorships. and that there might be a connection the dictatorial way they were ruled by their colonizers. before the colonisation started, people were mostly 'ruled' in tribes. the europeans showed them how to rule a bigger nation and they(europeans) didnt rule in the same democratic way as they did in their home countrys. once the empires started to cruble, the notion of how to rule a big nation stayed the same: by dictatorship.
Forgive my overgeneralizations and simplifications but, it seems like now these european coutrys take the moral high ground over dictators. taking part in wars trying to 'save' the people from the monster they've created. For example in Syria with Assad.
I find it to be more related with neo-colonialism. When colonialism ended in Africa the former colonial powers had no intention of giving up the mineral wealth and resources that they had been plundering from Africa, so what often happened was that Western nations orchestrated coups throughout Africa to appoint “leaders” that would serve Western nations. The function that these dictators serve is to ensure that the relationship between Africa and Western nations remains the same as it was during the days of colonialism when Western nations were free to exploit Africa’s resources at the expense of the African masses. Togo, which currently has the oldest of these neo-colonial military dictatorships in Africa, provides a classic example of the manner in which a neo-colonial dictatorship in Africa operates.
@@josecipriano3048 deep man, that makes alot of sence. I'm on a life history information search myself. I want to understand more about who did what and why and there morals they are described to of had. Is it right or wrong. Was/Is colonialism wrong? Couldnt of places be left alone Ive felt. ✌🏼💯
Od and quite unfair this world has
I feel part sick and sad to be European now
In order to maintain power, Europeans grouped multiple tribes together in a colony. They then trained and educated the weakest tribe to be administrators. Once colonialism ended, "fair" democratic elections would have resulted in the weakest tribe losing power, hence dictatorships. In Europe, these individuals were called Monarchs. Same thing, different name...
@@DJBLESSD The age of colonialism is going to change tho. Its well underway actually. The power shift is going to favor China. Ive heard figures that the Chinese will double that of the US in 10 years. The global population is already massively scewed towards east Asia. Its interesting you point out the dictatorship in this rgard. We direct the same critism towards China nowadays, with its 1 party system. We are however totally blind to the fact that the European or Western forms of democracy or statehood are impossible. Look however at whats happening. Look at what a " undemocratic" 1 party sytem can do: China has insane social mobility, beat the corona virus really fast and easy, is working really hard at renewable and clean energy transition. China is in a Golden Age, currently its 6th golden age period in history! The period of western dominatino was short and volatile but it wil cease and we will be wiser for it. If we get our heads out of our superior white asses that is.
The UK is my favorite American colony
If I could I would put another thumb up
Columbus was Italian from Genova
Woah we're just gonna not give credit to Šar-ru-gi for Empire WOW Rude but Chronologically Correct
I hate to be that guy, but I've spoted a minor error: Columbus wasn't Spanish, he was Italian (from Genoa) and learnt his trade in Portugal. Other than that, brilliant video.
As a teacher of American history, that is the same minor error that leaped out at me of an overall excellent video.
Thank you for your work! This is really helpful to me. More of this!!
*Italian Explorer Christopher Colombus
my notes:
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16:55 WHAAAAT!
I hope I'm not being a smarty pants but when you listed the products produced by Colony Slaves you forgot sugar. That is important because Haity produced sugar.
Haity is the fist and only successful
slave Revolution during the Eastern Slave Trade. Not a rebellion, a revolution. Haity is the first and only slave revolution of the Eastern Colonies.
The fallout was profund across the Colonies.
I think I remember that the cost of Human lives was massive. I think that 10s off thousnds of slaves lost their lives
Haity is still free, if you call living in a country that the Colonial Powers, after they refused to buy sugar from Haity for decades, until the country was reduced to what it is today.
I know that you can't list every product, but I thought sugar should get a mention.
Thanks Tom. Your productions are litterally awsm Im Angel Salvqje on your Patrion Channal.
This guy looks like Harry Maruire but this guys can actually play football
So you decided to pay no attention to the russian colonization of Caucasus, Central Asia and Siberia. Just like the rest of the world.
@@sirlordhenrymortimer6620 really? Nothing wrong with killing people and taking their land? Cool, on an unrelated note how's your place, does it have a nice view? Asking for a friend...
@@tweaker1bms yeah,nothing wrong with people who destroyed ,raped ,pillaged and terrorised getting displaced,sent back to their original place . i see no harm in that ,i live in novosibirsk ,its agret place and we really enjoy the peace and serenity mother nature has offered us here. on a side note, westerners should mind their own business ,especially after allowing refuges in europe.
we have our own aboriginal population we get along fine. westerners should just spare us their pity and stop seeing us primarily through western "colonial" prism
Why was western colonization started and carried forward with the permission of the queen by colonial joint-stock companies like the East India Company and not by the government?
Because in this way, the main shareholders, the queen and the politicians could divide the profits from the looting of the colonies among themselves and not be forced to share the profits with their own people. Therefore, in the 1800s, despite the wealth flowing from the colonies to London, the majority of Londoners lived in poverty. they did. If it was a state colonialism, the profits from the looting from the colonies would be deposited into the government treasury and the British nation would also receive a share, and there would be accountability and transparency. Therefore, colonialism and imperialism should not be referred to a country or a nation, but to a network that has benefited from colonization and even exploits its own people and country as a tool for its own interests. PS! East india compay(first mafia) had big revenues from smugling opium to China and even spreading drog in other counteries and in the west.That's because opium and narcotics prohibited in west 200 years later than China.Colonial companies local collaboraters like parsis of india get very reach and powerfull by having opium smugling monopoli in China,india and the rest of world In anatolia or in ottoman empire in 18 and 19 hundreds Inglish Levant company and American opium families(Astors,Perkins) gave anatolian opium trade monopoly to Armenians like they did for Parsis in india.Levant company and American families had opium smugling and trade monopoly from anatolia to China and Europe and US minimum until 1925.Why prohibited opium(narcotic) in the west 200 years later than China? Because colonial companies and political elite in west had opium trade monopoly profited from narcotics.
Why weren't ottoman turks collonialist and they didn't enslaved Africans despite they were in Africa much earlier than europian and Americans and didn't assimilated religious or linguistic?
12:00 the also said the Jews were cannibalistic
Crisopher Columbus (Cristoforo Colombo) was actually Italian :) Genova's rulers refused to fund his journeys so he went to the Spanish monarchs instead to ask for help.
How did he go to the Spanish monarchs when Spain didn't even exist back then? He went to Castille and was funded by them.
there is no such thing as post-colonialism only neo-colonialism
talks about slave trade and no mentions of brasil? dislike
Parents in Pakistan, especially those from the upper classes, often force their children to speak in English rather than their mother tongue of Urdu merely to show off. Conversing in Urdu in high-profile settings is seen as something derogatory and something which only uneducated people would do, particularly among so-called intellectual circles. This sense of cultural inferiority to Britain and the West in general is what really bugs me and other people.
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Colonialism and imperialism is the most greediest or one of the most greediest times
Or just humanity in general.
This narrative (it is really only a narrative) is not reflected in the other colonial powers. The real motivation was much simpler.
1) New routes established profitable market-opportunities.
2) Exploitation increased, colonies established to maximize production/market share.
3)To minimize exploitation costs locals were schooled in colonizers language/culture/trade system, to function as clerks and overseers.
4) a) Protests at home, over worker abuse, were quelled with "civilizing mission" propaganda.
b) Colonial protests were violently quelled and reported as "barbarian uprisings".
Thus, outside the english empire race was only a secondary concern within colonialism, the primary concern was (openly) monopoly over trade in local resources.