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Old Apr 25, 2008, 11:14 am   #13 (permalink) (top)
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Generally there are/were no immediate benefits, apart from actuall
avoiding having to help build up institutions needed for a
state to develep or as was the case with Great
Britian and Rhodesia/Zimbabwe undermining those institutions to get yer
sorry ass out of there pronto.
I wasn't being serious. I thought I made that obvious enough, especially with that bloody emoticon. After experiencing colonialism, a culture often looks like giant dogs had torn it apart.

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