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From: jchapman@watcgl.UUCP (john chapman)
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Subject: Re: Re: Re: Better DEAD than RED
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Date: Mon, 24-Jun-85 12:32:02 EDT
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Posted: Mon Jun 24 12:32:02 1985
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> Then how do you explain tiny Western armies conquering enormous existing
> nations, some of them moderately sophisticated?  My point was that the
> West's steep climb in technology and standard of living started long before
> colonialism existed, and was a prerequisite for colonialism rather than
> vice-versa.  I don't deny that colonialism constitutes trampling, but this
> was an effect, not a fundamental cause, of Western growth.
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> 				Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology
> 				{allegra,ihnp4,linus,decvax}!utzoo!henry

 It was a requirement of perpetuating the system.