re: South Africa seizing land from white people

Water crisis leads to national fear, which leads to scapegoating the minority (now white people). Scapegoating leads to blatant race based policy discriminating. Then we have removing of the rights of the minority. And finally we’ll have genocide encouraged by the govt

And SJWs will love every minute of it

The Chinese presence will be a version of 18th century colonialism without the local benefits.

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Water crisis leads to national fear, which leads to scapegoating the minority (now white people). Scapegoating leads to blatant race based policy discriminating. Then we have removing of the rights of the minority. And finally we’ll have genocide encouraged by the govt

And SJWs will love every minute of it

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And the irony there is that the minority is probably the only group that can solve the problem

Maybe. The local benefits of colonialism were uneven, often on purpose, with the aim to keep rival populations at each other's throats so as to mitigate blowback against colonial officials. That policy might have been useful in the short-term, but the long term effects of it have outweighed any benefits of the colonial system.

The Chinese are entering into a much different situation, as they are dealing with modern nation-states. Firstly the Chinese are focusing investment on long-term infrastructure projects while avoiding what it terms as neoliberal policies focused on privatization and short-term gain. Given the infrastructure issues in these countries, and the inability of governments there (and even in Western countries) to pay for these projects generally, this is a good way of gaining goodwill in these countries, provided these projects are completed. Secondly, the Chinese are interested in developing their own sphere of influence which can assure them access to raw materials while at the same time provide for access for developing markets, which was the same impetus for colonialism, but without direct interference with social institutions. At this point, they've invested around 4 trillion or so in projects around Africa and Asia, and the bottom floor of that investment is projected to be around 8 trillion. Their entrance into local politics has been minimal, and they tend to want governments to favor stability above all else.

Given the unmitigated disaster that was the Late British and French colonial systems, the effects of which we are seeing today, the Chinese seem hesitant to offer much more than investment opportunities at this point. The Chinese had their own unique colonized experience, and one of the explicit purposes of the CCP during the Mao years was to focus on development so that there would be no possibility of being dominated again. What that means for interactions with the post-colonial world at large remains to be seen.

Their infrastructure investments are pretty shitty. Like 4 lane highways made out of 1" thick asphalt shitty. These are mafia deals to corrupt leaders.

They might be, but given the recent colonial history is still fresh in the minds of post-colonial subjects, a history which was quite brutal to native populations, they work to improve the Chinese image, as they are neophytes in terms of foreign adventures. The important thing is that they are giving the money and are attempting to carve out their sphere of influence.

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they are neophytes in terms of foreign adventures

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That's why I say they will go through the 18th century colonialism phase and it won't be pretty. They're a pretty brutal group of people.

Without direct involvement, it won't look like the British or French versions. When it goes sideways, it will look like the American version, with most of it involving supporting specific groups for specific aims. I'm skeptical we will ever see a system like the British version again.

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That’s a bad comparison

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No, Manifest Destiny is a good example of a...

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strategy of forcibly taking people's property as part of a political system

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...that has worked out.







...so far.