COLONIZATION

It is undeniable how much colonization changed the world. I can't imagine what my life would be like today had it never occured.
It is unfair what these more powerful countries did to the vunerable ones.
Power and greed led to the exploitation and slaughtering of so many people. Not to mention they took away the land that was rightfully theirs.
However, through this, these indiginous people saw that their is a way of living different from their own. I imagine that before colonization the indiginous were content with their way life, and after colonization I imagine that they wanted more for themselves, better things. Not only because they were so degraded, but also because they were inspired by things that they saw and experienced, things that they probably wouldn't have seen without colonization.

I also like to think about the things that I love and enjoy doing, and wonder if that would at all be possible had colonization never occured. For example, you love to travel and see first hand what it is life is like for other cultures. Things that wouldn't even be possible pre-colonization.
Yes, so many unnescessary lives were lost and taken advantage of, but so many doors have also been opened because of it.