Dendan Setia (Nins) on Nostr: oh no they are major MAJOR colonizers, which was why their utter failure here has ...

oh no they are major MAJOR colonizers, which was why their utter failure here has always been a comedic point (for me anyway). They got in both too late and too inefficiently. In the end they did the some mode as the Japanese (who was also a laggard for different reasons) pre-ww1: economic presence instead.