Not Portugal. For most of the 20th century, we were under a facist government. So, any kind of equality was out of the question.
Was Lusotropicalism propaganda bullshit then?
Not Portugal. For most of the 20th century, we were under a facist government. So, any kind of equality was out of the question.
The French system of giving full citizenship and French department (or roughly equivalent) status to scattered island possessions of varying sizes (and to French Guiana on the South African mainland) appears to have worked fairly well.
One would think Corsica would be key to the survival of a French-speaking state, but but it actually is relatively small in population in comparison with some of the overseas departments and may have a greater inclination to nationalism than some of the others. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overseas_France
Was Lusotropicalism propaganda bullshit then?
Pretty much, tbh. It's just our version of "we are better at colony than you" that every other colonialist nation had...
The French system of giving full citizenship and French department (or roughly equivalent) status to scattered island possessions of varying sizes (and to French Guiana on the South American mainland) appears to have worked fairly well. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overseas_France
Colonialism is like capitalism or communism - it works fine until you run out of someone else's money. That's what essentially happened to European countries post-WW2. Before that there was ample space for second-class intellectuals to develop theories on their colonialism being better than others.
I won't comment on the other nations, but ours never did "work fine"; while it did make a lot of individuals rich, the nation itself actually lost money. We had so many political, social and economical problems in the last 150-200 yearsm we never managed to properly... manage the colonies...
Well, the idea is not that the nation gets rich, but the selected few (aristocracy, business elite, ruling clique of Communist party, take your pick) gets rich!![]()