Yes, Europeans are absolutely not exonerated for taking advantage of African slavery.
It’s a shame that such a naturally-rich continent has been existing in relative poverty for so long.
It also goes into how uhh, people have mentioned that economies built around raw materials aren’t as wealthy as those who refine and develop those materials.
I think, though, that is all goes back to slavery. It’s easier to exploit low-skilled harvesters than high-skilled refiners/implementers.
Slavery. Africans sold themselves out and are still facing the repercussions.
Rather than work together to build wealth and value in their society, they just conquered whoever was the weakest and sold them into slavery.
Warring tribes in Africa sell their captives to the Dutch, true.
European powers have a long history of exploiting African resources and have purposely kept those people in a position to be unsuccessful.
Yes, Europeans are absolutely not exonerated for taking advantage of African slavery.
It’s a shame that such a naturally-rich continent has been existing in relative poverty for so long.
It also goes into how uhh, people have mentioned that economies built around raw materials aren’t as wealthy as those who refine and develop those materials.
I think, though, that is all goes back to slavery. It’s easier to exploit low-skilled harvesters than high-skilled refiners/implementers.