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Originally Posted by rubecube
Actually they're people. Nations aren't autonomous entities that transcend the collective experiences of their peoples. There are pretty substantial differences in the historical trajectories of say post-colonial India vs. post-colonial Palestine that might somehow have profound effects on the psyche of their respective peoples. And the list of countries who are "thriving" in the post-colonial era tends to get pretty small when you include the plights of their indigenous peoples.
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Yes, multiple people. Multiple millions of people, not all of who are suffering from the psychological trauma you equate with child abuse. I think there are differences in the places that have moved onto something (no where did I suggest thriving) and the ones that are still total ####holes, and it's not solely colonialism. Colonialism isn't even a majority factor.