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I've been tossing an idea around and I'm hoping for feedback, how useful/practical is a system of imperialism where individuals of the home country are given direct dividends from a fraction of colonial profits. The logic being that it gave the entire electorate benefits from imperialism and more reasons to support it.

As seen with the aristocrats that supported slavery/imperialism when people are given direct benefits from something abhorrent they tend to rationalize themselves into accepting and supporting it. In the end you might get an entire society that would support slavery and imperialism instead of just aspects of it.
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