Antanicus on Nostr: "[The researchers] found that in countries where the aim was to exploit the ...

"[The researchers] found that in countries where the aim was to exploit the Indigenous population and extract resources for the colonisers’ benefit, the impact [of economic policies introduced by Europeans] has been detrimental, and resulted in far poorer societies, leaving some countries trapped in low economic growth cycles."

Apparently the science is in and, indeed, colonialism bad.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/oct/14/three-us-based-professors-win-nobel-prize-in-economics-daron-acemoglu-simon-johnson-james-robinson-