In the history of Western colonization, early colonization was characterized by violent plunder of the native people's wealth. Powerful military force was used to massacre the natives and seize vast quantities of gold and silver from them, resulting in enormous profits and perpetuating the history of colonial movements.
Later, as the gold and silver mines on newly discovered continents were largely exhausted, colonization entered a second phase. This phase was based on exploiting the labor of the colonized populations, turning them into sources of cheap raw materials and dumping grounds for goods on an economic level, to extract more profits from the land.
It was not until after the Second World War, with the rise of nationalist movements in various countries, that colonialism's second phase finally ended as the colonial system collapsed, and colonies around the world freed themselves from Western imperial rule.
However, this does not mean that everything has ended.
