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Originally Posted by Navigator17
Pervert Question? I think your syntax is a little off. It is a fair question if it is taken that the local populace may not have been in the best position to handle independence as quickly as it was given.
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And I may add: the local population wasn't prepared at all...because there wasn't one...
By this I mean, that in countries were normally a revolution takes place (you can see the decolonisation of a country as a revolution) there is normally a small group of society who takes the lead...
In these countries there wasn't a group like this, because Europeans prevented the creation of it. Because of this the independance-movement was carried by the mob (that wasn't proletarised) and that could only end up bad...but if you want to discuss it further, we probably must to do it in another thread, because this one goes about South Africa...
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