It was fragile

suicide rates and alcoholism went through the roof

Also half of these are like famines and I just really don’t see how a famine is a result of capitalism

the only famines included are ones related to capitalism

Ireland due to the British policy increasing bread prices to make more money and refusing help

Bengal because the British demanded all food grown went to them

so the people starved

again, to make a profit

same at orissa

I think those are the only famines there

I don’t know enough about those events to make a certain opinion on them

But the colonization in Africa was definitely for military power over the Mediterranean

colonization was mainly done to make more profit

access to new markets, new goods

more profit

there may have been other reasons depending on the strategic area but the core reason for colonialism was to make more profit

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No it wasn't lol

It was gain docks, and bases across the medi

even India was ruled by a business...

Empires were built to obtain cheap labour and raw materials for mercantile capitalism. It wasn’t the kind of globalized, “free-market” capitalism we practice today — but it was very much self-interested, profit-maximizing, shareholder-capitalized companies engaged in commerce, just under different rules about who could trade what, where, how, and when. The means of production were very much operated privately for profit - a key aspect of capitalism.

- some havard economist cant remember their name

If you cant remember the name how are we supposed to confirm it?

no wait professor wolfe I think

Wolff?

Some wolf thing

Just search up professor wolff and he'll show up.

India was ruled by the british crown

It was ruled by the British East India Company

Once more the british crown

the primary reason for colonisation was profit

I find this hilarious cuz from ur pfp's it looks like the emperor and a hippy are arguing over politics

The africas were to poor to be worth colonizing though.

not true

Yes true

diamond mines, slaves

gold

petrol

Slaves were not a thing in france nor england during the colonizing

There's a reason Africa was colonised last, it wasn't as profitable

Petrolium isnt a very profitable venture in africa

if anything diamonds