But the US didn’t really have any natives to exploit either, they basically genocided them. The exploitation was mostly done with enslaved Africans who they kidnapped and trafficked to the Americas.
So all they need to do is just bring over a population to exploit.
(Which I’m not saying is in anyway okay btw, fuck slavery.)
Only problem with this theory is there is no native population to exploit. Colonialism/empirism fails when you can’t subjugate anyone.
But the US didn’t really have any natives to exploit either, they basically genocided them. The exploitation was mostly done with enslaved Africans who they kidnapped and trafficked to the Americas.
So all they need to do is just bring over a population to exploit.
(Which I’m not saying is in anyway okay btw, fuck slavery.)
China has enough subjugated people at home, they will just bring someone to feel superior to