Colonialism typically does not involve the consent of governed. If you live in a paritcipatory democracy then that doesn’t really fit the idea of being a colony.
Your leaders have the option to pivot your economies to emphasize other sectors for growth. Colonies are forces to become vehicles of extraction of raw materials and the people are often forced into labor. They have no say (or vote) in how the economy is managed.
Under a colonial framework, you don’t even get to the point of building for yourself. You build for another and hopefully live off the scraps the administration throws at you as their indentured / slave labor force.
I know that colonialism is not emphasized especially in Western education but I’m afraid this analogy does not hold. Well have to find other ways to describe this phenomenon that don’t resort to exaggeration.
A few issues with this analogy:
Colonialism typically does not involve the consent of governed. If you live in a paritcipatory democracy then that doesn’t really fit the idea of being a colony.
Your leaders have the option to pivot your economies to emphasize other sectors for growth. Colonies are forces to become vehicles of extraction of raw materials and the people are often forced into labor. They have no say (or vote) in how the economy is managed.
Under a colonial framework, you don’t even get to the point of building for yourself. You build for another and hopefully live off the scraps the administration throws at you as their indentured / slave labor force.
I know that colonialism is not emphasized especially in Western education but I’m afraid this analogy does not hold. Well have to find other ways to describe this phenomenon that don’t resort to exaggeration.