Colonialism

Colonialism is the expansion of a nation's sovereignty beyond its borders through the establishment of colonies. It is usually seen as a substantial part of imperialism, especially when involving sovereignty over foreign cultures or peoples. The word today is usually tied to the European expansion during and after the Age of Exploration and involved lands that were far away from the nation ruling them.

Colonialism typically involves the spread of a nation or people's culture through the establishment of new settlements (e.g. English settlement of the New England states) or opulation transfers to existing settlements (e.g. Dutch dominance of South Africa.)

Colonialism is most associated with the Roman Empire, British Empire and French ambitions in Africa, and with Japan in Asia.

Misuse of the Term

Anti-American sentiment and liberals in general commonly deride American foreign policy as colonial or imperial, which is deceitful, as the United States has no colonies (having relinquished the Philippines, which had previously been Spanish, not sovereign), made Hawaii a state, smaller lands (Guam, etc...) protectorates, and purchased or legally acquired other territories (Guantanamo, Panama Canal). Similarly, liberals also generally imply with colonialism that it was generally parasitic to the original people and stealing resources, when that is actually rare among colonialization.

Common myths

There are many common myths and misconceptions associated with the term. Texts generally claim European peoples established foreign colonies because of "overcrowding," and imposed their administrative laws on native people's. In reality, colonialism was an expansion of trade opportunities intended to develop markets for European manufactured goods. Colonies were typically established among tribal people who were often dominated by warlords, where laws varied in the same region from tribe to tribe. Natives often welcomed European administration and courts, which brought a more uniform system of justice and more prosperity for the surrounding region.

South Africa

South Africa is a prime example. During the Apartheid period it was said South Africa's native blacks were an oppressed majority. South Africa's majority blacks are not native to South Africa - they are the descendents of economic migrants who came to South Africa to participate in the economic development that white Europeans brought to South Africa. Whites also brought a more just administration of laws than migratory blacks found among their native tribes and regions.

During the Cold War, South Africa was a ripe target for Kremlin-directed Marxist propaganda. Soviet financed Marxist hate speech and lies live on in the Social Justice Warriors who rule South Africa today, driven by racial animus, political correctness and a hatred for freedom, capitalism and Western Civilization.

India

India is a massive subcontinent that willingly embraced British administration and laws to govern the myriad of commercial disputes that inevitably arise from economic development. India's hundreds of tribes and languages were ill-situated and ill-equiped in a domestic environment that had been feuding among itself for nearly a millenium, often violently, whether to live under Sharia law administered by its Muslim minority, of some other localized system. The white Europeans brought with them a system of laws that seemed more democratic, along with job opportunities, prosperity, and trade that hadn't previously existed.

It was the anti-capitalist leftists of the Cold War, like Russbots repeating Kremlin directed talking points, that have dominated the Western educational system and have driven the planet toward global race war on false premises.

Yemen

Yemen is a great example of the tribalism, chaos, and warlords who dominated and controlled the region, and still do. Colonial rule never extended outside the port of Aden, which the British Empire deemed a necessary beach head in the pirate infested waters between Suez and Bombay. The waters are still some of the most dangerous pirate infested waters on the planet, determined to disrupt global trade.