Imperalism
Autor: maryjane • May 27, 2016 • Essay • 365 Words (2 Pages) • 777 Views
Stop Imperialism
Fighting for the rights of yourself and your heritage should be valued instead people are taking it away like it is nothing this should stop. Imperialism is a stronger nation taking the political and economic, and social life of a weaker nation. This has been going on since the 1800s to now. People do this because they feel they need to make different civilizations get civilized. The position on this subject is anti-imperialism, to stop taking over other countries. People who are controlling countries seems wrong since they are basically taking away people’s freedom. Also taking away how that country has been running things for years. “Europeans have robbed the African of the material foundations of his culture, and reduced him to an inferior state that goes against human happiness.” This quote shows that imperialism is wrong since the document states that Europeans are taking away Africans culture and rights like its nothing. Also says that it is turning inferior that just not happy. Imperialism is a way to take someone freedom and everything they do or did do. People should have a choice and a voice to follow someone in the regular rituals, and not have it forced on them.
Furthermore people who think that imperialism is a good way to express your thought or ways on someone it is not. Showing your beliefs or thoughts to someone is unwillingly is not right. People should be able to choose for them self’s. “To open civilization the only part of our globe where it is not permitted, to pierce the darkness which envelopes whole populations, is a crusade, if I may say so, a crusade worthy or this century of progress.” (King Leopold in Imperialism) This statement is not valid for being able to take over other civilizations to make forward progress in the world. King Leopold says that some civilizations are living in the dark and need to be taken out of it by imperialism. Imperialism is not the
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