I dunno, Moldbug does make a good point in his Fnargl thought experiment (though he’s very naive if he actually expects it to stay a good point until 3007.)
But there are several important disanalogies between Fnargl and actual historical colonial regimes. Unlike Fnargl, colonial governments had to answer to the short term interests of the governments (and, by extension, the people) of their home countries. So, for instance, the British did things like erect massive protective tariffs against Indian exports to Britain while simultaneously making it very cheap to export from Britain to India, in order to cater to special interests at home (who could vote them out of power, unlike the Indian people).
I dunno, Moldbug does make a good point in his Fnargl thought experiment (though he’s very naive if he actually expects it to stay a good point until 3007.)
But there are several important disanalogies between Fnargl and actual historical colonial regimes. Unlike Fnargl, colonial governments had to answer to the short term interests of the governments (and, by extension, the people) of their home countries. So, for instance, the British did things like erect massive protective tariffs against Indian exports to Britain while simultaneously making it very cheap to export from Britain to India, in order to cater to special interests at home (who could vote them out of power, unlike the Indian people).