"They also, among Western nations, have been the most blind to civilizational and economic overtones and initiatives in the international system they promulgated since WWI."
So, why did I put it this way, in my comment on DK's current post?
What, about colonialism, was worth having, or preserving?
My answer is: almost all of it.
Why?
First off, let's just point out what we got, and what we forget, about American colonialism: we got most all of America by imperializing against both the native people, the French whom we fought here for centuries, from the Spanish, and then from Mexico.
We then bought another large chunk, the Louisiana Purchase, (admittedly not colonialism, but imperialistic nonetheless) from the French.
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