Comrade Seroke and Ndebele. Recently I read the work of Sir Karl Popper " the open society and its enemies" though I was reading some extracts which were cited by Michael Cloate. In his work, Popper argues that the raise of totalitarianism and racism of the Europeans was chiefly influenced by the philosophical work of Plato. The Platonic dialog was widely quoted. It was this European totalitarianism with its attendant of racism which were responsible for colonialism in Africa. On the other hand, a host of scholars believe that industrial revolution of the 18th and 19th centuries was the driver of European colonialism. This phenomenon of industrial revolution sought a territorial expansion for its expanding markets and the source of raw materials for exploitation. Again, the period of European enlighten in the 18th century taught Europeans that they were superior than Africans. Germans for instance, believed in herrenvolkism , that is, they were a superior race.
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