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The idea that it's related to the colour of skin, is flawed. Any one really knowing anything about European history, knows that the history is full of surprisingly local examples like this: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/0144039X.2020.18...

Where the heck did you get the idea this is restricted to black majority countries? Like, check out the history of Poland some time.

The European powers generally conquered, colonised or bullied wherever they could. Some countries like Vietnam recovered well, others like Ethiopia did not.

It’s historically not a concept without merit. The needlessly cruel treatment of Haiti is probably the canonical example.

I’d suggest reading about General Thomas-Alexandre Dumas. The book “Black Count” is worth reading.

> Europeans have a nasty habit of ravaging any black-majority country that tries to build anything.

"Where the heck" did you see the above poster mention restricted?

That post was in the context of asking why black majority countries have done less well than other countries.

fair, my fault for misreading

This is such a "history started in 1900" take, it's weird that people love to publicly display their ignorance.