A USA citizen illegally enters forbidden North Sentinel Island.
I think when people complain about colonisation, it's usually the loss of the indigenous way of life & not modernisation or industrialisation. Indigenous people can still live with their ancient customs & be modernised. As much as the Eurasian way of life was starkly different from everywhere else until the 1400s, human existence still requires the same necessities. The Eurasian way of life just managed to create a way of living that was more comfortable than the more natural way of life that existed on other continents. The Eurasian way of life originates from the very same systems that more primitive peoples lived under, so much so that it was quite easy to translate European ideologies to African societies & vice versa on some occassions.
De-globalisation
I understand how indigenous people worldwide can feel that they have lost control of their lands & it's a very reasonable sentiment. It would be better if indigenous lands had 90% indigenous peoples & could only be governed by indigenous people than whatever is going on in the world today. Redraw the borders of the Americas & Africa on historical knowledge & the will of the current indigenous peoples. This could decrease all tribalism & racism to negligible amounts. But we know this will not happen because people are comfortable wherever they live now. In many places around the world, the colonizers wiped out the indigenous populations with gatling guns & disease so these suggestions may not even work. But as human beings, we inherently strive to do things that will improve our lives & if something isn't working, it becomes stupid to continue with the status quo.
If we want a global utopia we need to consider this:
• A 90% indigenous citizens quota.
• Indigenous populations only governing their ancestral lands.
• Redraw the borders of the Americas, Africa & Australasia based on indigenous history & the will of the indigenous people.
Otherwise, we're just wading in the same problem every passing century. Racial tensions & ethnic wars will continue in the coming centuries unless we collectively take a decision to clean up the clutter & end the madness.
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