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To: Neocon who wrote (299699)9/24/2002 1:43:22 PM
From: TigerPaw  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 769670
 
the the level of development and education is higher
Only on a Western scale. It's not very productive to speculate on what could have happened, but none of these places are more than hybrid outposts. While they might have fewer western goods if they were not colonies I don't think it can be shown that people would be happier.

TP