User blog:CharlieTheCharlester/Was colonization a good thing in your opinion?

I mean, people will say it is, some will say no (I think the majority will say no) but if you look at Africa today, you can see most of the countries are really poor, because they live in a desert and got pillaged by europeans (or americans in the case of Liberia) But what if they stayed under European control? They would have most of the ressources from the country (including food) and they would be safe for the most part from war (with the UN, NATO, EU and all of these "peacekeepers"). Now of course some of these guys can't fit together or some african countries are already rich and I understand and respect that, but if you want your country to be democratic and war-free, I think independance is a side option. But don't worry, you won't get colonized anytime soon due to decolonization.