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So I had this idea:
Not long ago there was talk about this research that showed that colonialism wasn’t profitable for the countries undertaking it.
What was omitted though was that somebody did profit. Private citizens. Companies.
So what I thought is: they’re still around. The ones who did profit and their families and companies. And lately it seems they kinda own us all.
So how about reparations for all the ones who lost out in the gold rush. Who own no land, have no property, no capital. From all nations.
Well yeah, during the Empire era my city was a hub for processing commodities from the colonies. People moved from the surrounding countryside to the city to work in the mills under generally awful conditions, and then when it was over the mill owners moved out of the city and took their wealth with them. Now the city is abandoned and rundown - a familiar story.
Today, billions of pounds are spirited away out of the country’s economy to tax havens. Colonialism never ended.