The Truth of Colonialism

Venti Chiau
Sep 4, 2018 · 2 min read
Local Lao soldiers in the French Colonial guard, c.1900

Colonialism, Western, a political-economic phenomenon whereby various European nations explored, conquered, settled, and exploited large areas of the world.”

Colonialism is the essential act of enslavement of another in their own region and/or territories. Colonialism in itself is racism. To use “Colonialism” in today’s speech is to romanticize the idea of enslavement of the past. Colonialism is to establish rule on other cultures and forcing the enslaved to pay tributes towards their colonizers or face punishment.

It is how the Colonizer intentionally keep certain groups of citizens, race, group stupid with an intent to use their flaws for their own personal gains and benefits.

It is how India and China were once the largest economies in the world. It was not until seafaring became more prominent and advanced in Europe during the 1400’s and 1500’s that they began to enslave groups of people to steal their resources and sold and traded with others. It is by keeping the population poor and uneducated in order to rule them all.

In the 21st century, colonialism still exist, and the enslavement of this continue to persist throughout many nations under the guise of corporations and foreign workers. Foreign “investment” or manufacturing companies on soils to use the local people for their cheap labor work. To create or produce, and to import and export goods across wealthier nations.

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