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Colonialism (n.) at ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠its most enlightened taxes the mother country to give the colonies a stake in staying, all for the pleasure of governing them.

A Colony (n.) thinly ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠peopled lacks the natural dependence of the free labourer on the capitalist, which then has to be supplied by artificial restrictions.