• PugJesus@lemmy.worldOP
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    2 months ago

    Not sure that the comparison is all that favorable with France. You check Algeria and Egypt, or Uganda and Niger, and it’s not exactly a massive spread. The most positive comparison would be with Italian and Belgian colonialism, which managed to be incompetent and (even by colonial standards) gruesome, respectively.

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      Man German colonialism failed so hard it doesn’t even make the list

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        Namibia and Tanzania turned out alright. They were something of money sinks, and despite the genocides performed by the Germans, they never really figured out how to turn a profit from their colonies. A bit late to the game, one suspects.