Colonization Always Comes Back Around

Let's start with an irony that never gets old: people in the U.S. and Europe losing their minds over immigration. The panic is hard to miss, but it ignores a crucial fact—the current situation is a predictable consequence of their own governments' historical actions.

The core thesis is simple: the so-called "immigration crisis" in Western nations isn't an invasion. It’s the logical outcome of centuries of

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colonization, resource extraction, and political interference abroad. History has receipts, and the bill is coming due.

The American Playbook

The original inhabitants of what we now call the United States were not European. They minded their business, yet European settlers—often outcasts from their own societies—came and displaced the

Indigenous population. They took their land, their resources, and their history, then had the audacity to establish borders and call their presence patriotism.

The meddling didn't stop. The U.S. moved into Central and South America, toppling governments and stripping countries of their resources. This

economic exploitation created the very instability that forces people to migrate. They aren’t "invading"; they are following the trail of wealth that was stolen from their homelands.

Europe's Imperial Echo

The exact same pattern is repeating in Europe. Nations like the UK, which built an empire on

looted resources and enslaved people, now act shocked when people from their former colonies choose to migrate there. The hypocrisy is stunning. You are the author of your own pain; you wrote this story.

The Bill Comes Due

The argument that “I wasn’t alive when that happened” is a weak defense. These actions were committed by your government and your system, and you are still benefiting from the chaos they created. You aren't rejecting the

generational wealth, the privileges, or the unearned head starts that came from that history.

So, instead of blaming your neighbor, coworker, or classmate, perhaps the anger should be directed at the architects of this system. History has receipts, and colonization always comes back around.

What's Your Take?

This is the kind of cultural autopsy we specialize in at the

Black Culture Geekz Substack. We don't just state the facts; we explore the flawed logic behind the headlines.

• Is it fair to connect modern immigration directly to the historical actions of Western governments?
• Should citizens of former colonial powers bear any responsibility for the consequences of their nation's history?

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