[quote=The Nexerus]
You have a habit of going off on tangents where you do nothing but rant about how awful western civilization is. I'm going to ignore those in this post.No, it doesn't matter if they were there first or not. Why would it matter? As for slavery, it's not a European invention. Arabs took more African slaves than Europeans did. Furthermore, Europeans were the ones to eventually end slavery. Usually, they had to do this by force, since slavery had been engrained into the society of their colonies since before Europeans had ever arrived there.
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You have a habit of going off on a tangent where you do nothing but praise capitalism or imperialism. It matters wether they were first or not because, it's their homeland. As for slavery yes I agree it is not a European invention only for the fact however that it is not a invention at all but a concept. Arabs took more slaves then Europeans? Where's your proof? And even if that is true it matters not because we are discussing European colonisation not Arab Slavery. Europeans were the first to end slavery? Ha, don't make me laugh. Many middle eastern or Asian empires abolished slavery far before Europeans did. Also most native people of pick-a-country did not have slavery in the first place.