Pros And Cons Of South American Colonization

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How would you feel if random people from another country came into yours and just completely took over and changed everything you had become accustomed too? In the mid-1800's Europeans took it upon themselves to colonize Africa. Since then, it is now 2030 and the US government is now debating whether or not to colonize struggling countries in South America. The US should not colonize these countries that are being considered struggling in South America because a sustainable lifestyle is able to obtain while living there that they do not need our "help" to survive. Also, a problem could arise between two countries or even multiple countries such as racism or even pollution during this colonization process.
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Since Europe colonized Africa, the people have gained some knowledge on how to build a better country for themselves (Things Fall Apart, 2016, para13). After the whole colonization process happened in Africa they did take some benefits from it. They learned the concept of nationalism that will help them shape their country in a good way to become stronger. Even though Africa took away some useful information and benefits from this process they still had many negative outcomes, which means South America is able to have the same problems. Although there might be some benefits to colonizing struggling countries, there are more disadvantages that rule them out. According to National Geographic’s article “South America: Resources”, “ These cities, however, often suffer from inefficient transportation and utility system, pollution, and unregulated residential growth” (National Geographic, N.D, Para 21). If the US colonizes struggling countries in South America more problems will arise adding on to the ones that those countries are trying to recover

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