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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_Ethiopia

"During the Italian rule, infrastructure to connect major cities, railways, public and private companies, and dams providing power and water were built; this along with the influx of Italian settlers and labourers, was the major cause of rapid urbanization growth. Also, the Italian government abolished slavery, a practice that existed in the country for centuries."

And this wasn't even the British Empire, these were the literal fascists of Mussolini.

>should we reunite the USSR?

A controversial topic, to say the least.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dissolution_of_the_Soviet_Unio...

"On March 17, 1991, in a Union-wide referendum 76.4 percent of voters endorsed retention of a reformed Soviet Union. The Baltic republics, Armenia, Georgia, and Moldova boycotted the referendum as well as Checheno-Ingushetia (an autonomous republic within Russia that had a strong desire for independence, and by now referred to itself as Ichkeria). In each of the other nine republics, a majority of the voters supported the retention of a reformed Soviet Union."

It's not like European countries like UK and Spain do not have member regions/nations that are very happy with the will of the majority, e.g. Brexit.



Some people seem to see history through a lens of white-man-bad and noble savages. As you showed, it's not nearly that simple.




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