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[–] Kannibal [OP] 1 points (+1|-0)

thus we get into the logic of how stealing a man's freedom is justified because it is supposed to benefit him in some way.

[–] doggone 0 points (+0|-0)

I'm not trying to justify it. I think it's just the way it was and that it's possible that it's not zero sum.

[–] Kannibal [OP] 1 points (+1|-0)

well, there is the question of of those assumptions, things like "the barbarism of Africa" and the "benefits" of Christianity

given the continued wars in Europe, etc.

Plus the whole romantic notion of "the white man's burden" which covered a world of sins of colonial exploitation for fun and profit.

[–] doggone 0 points (+0|-0)

I can't properly put up a defense of those assumptions but I am of the mind that it's a jungle out there.