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Originally posted by kropotkin1951:
[b]In my opinion the European powers showed less respect for human life and that is why they were so good at colonising.[/b]
Humans of all colours and creeds are capable of brutality. Evolutionary psychology studies the tendency of humans to want to form tribal groups and kill other tribes. It's an act played out again and again and again in human history. The success of Europeans isn't because they were any more brutal than their neighbours -- though it's not because they were less brutal, either.