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From: aglew@ccvaxa.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.space
Subject: Re: Exploitation vs. Colonization
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Date: Sun, 2-Mar-86 03:01:00 EST
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Posted: Sun Mar  2 03:01:00 1986
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Nf-From: ccvaxa.UUCP!aglew    Mar  2 02:01:00 1986


>Why did the English succeed in the new world, where the French and Spanish
>failed?

Funny, it seems to me that most of the western hemisphere speaks Spanish,
or would do if they wanted to advance beyond their native village.

Also, there are 6 million Quebecers - roughly as many French speaking people
in one particular part of the new world as there are people in Sweden.
Or is Sweden a failure too?

(a moment of silence for Olof Palme, please. I didn't agree with all of his
politics, but he was a great man from a small country).

But you are probably right about one thing: no space colony will succeed
if its best and brightest have to go back to Earth to advance their careers.
This was the big trouble in French Canada - the seigneurial class always 
went back to France for university and advancement - while the British
colonies established their own universities, not just glorified seminaries.