Is colonialism to blame for present-day wars and state failure in former colonies?

John has blamed colonialism in part since 2009, alongside the combatants' own responsibility, and later links Nigeria's weak governance and Sierra Leone's poor health system to colonial legacies and extraction. Hank named exploitative French colonialism in 2011 as one of three causes of Haiti's poverty.

Axis: colonialism is largely to blame ... present-day actors are responsible

Positions by date: 6 records in 6 videos. The position did not change in these records.

John

date	how	position	video
2009-01-11	first on record	John says the combatants are responsible and must stop, but colonialism also screwed the world up a ton, and asks whether France, Italy and Britain are at fault.	SOMALI PIRATES! France Penetrates Chad! 00:01:01
2015-02-10	restate	John blames colonial borders and the legacies of colonialism and indirect rule (alongside resource allocation) for northern Nigeria's weak governance, the soil in which Boko Haram grew.	Understanding Boko Haram 00:03:17
2018-01-23	restate	That view ignores complexity and history: slavery and colonialism, and more recently misguided global loan rules that forced Sierra Leone for decades to spend under $5 per person yearly on health care.	On Emergencies 00:01:39
2019-10-01	restate	John says colonization was in the business of resource extraction, so colonies got extraction systems and little investment in health or education systems.	Why Are Poor Countries Poor? 00:00:58
2020-01-28	restate	John says after the devastations of colonialism Sierra Leone never had much money to build a health system, which the civil war and then a horrifying Ebola outbreak weakened further.	Looking Away (Again) 00:00:29

Hank

date	how	position	video
2011-03-07	first on record	Hank names exploitative French colonialism (slavery, deforestation) as one of three causes of Haiti's poverty, alongside geography and bad government.	Why is Haiti Poor? 00:01:52