--- Dwayne Monroe <idoru345 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Wojtek:
>
>
> I think that colonialism and Western influence in
> the
> Third World, although ethically questionable, had on
> the balance a positive effect on Third World
> development, which is also the idea espoused by
> Marx.
>
>
> A bold assertion. So bold in fact, it demands a
> challenge.
>
>
> I would like to read a comprehensive, nation by
> nation
> break-down of this alleged "positive effect".
>
I don't know if you'd call them "colonies," but I think the case could be made for most of the areas conquered/assimilated by the Russian Empire/USSR and the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
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