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[–] nuko147@lemmy.world 2 points 4 weeks ago

I'm sorry, but they succeeded in both cases, as did the other colonial powers retreating from Asia, Africa, and elsewhere.

The plan was to leave behind regions that could never compete and would be forever unstable.