What is colonialism?

"Colonialism" refers to the aggressive policy of western powers to oppress, enslave and exploit "backward" countries and turn them into their own colonies and semi-colonies. Its manifestations change with the different stages of capitalist development. Capitalist countries use military, political and economic means to occupy, enslave and exploit weak countries, nationalities and backward areas, turning them into colonial and semi-colonial aggressive policies.

In different periods of capitalist development, colonialism has different manifestations. During the primitive accumulation of capital period, naked violence was often used, such as armed occupation, overseas migration, piracy, fraudulent trade and bloody slave trade. In the period of free capitalism, underdeveloped countries, nationalities and regions are mainly turned into their own commodity markets, raw materials producing areas, investment places, cheap labor and mercenaries through the form of "free trade".

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