A lot of what gets called "corruption" or "instability" today didn't start on its own. It was built. In this clip we trace the line back.

Malcolm and Thomas get into how colonization still shapes the present — the borders that were drawn to create conflict, the governments that were set up to extract rather than serve, and the way corruption took root in systems that were never designed for the people living in them. They talk through the effects on countries' economies, their demographics, and their resources, and why you can't understand the headlines about these regions without understanding the history that made them.

⏱️ Timestamps:

00:00 — Colonization and Conflict

39:30 — Corruption and Colonization

40:00 — Colonization and Its Effects

📊 Key takeaways from this segment:

• Much of today's "corruption" and conflict traces back to colonial systems built to extract, not serve

• Colonization reshaped the economies, borders, and resources of entire regions

• You can't fully understand these countries' present without their history

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