When the Japanese surrendered, the peoples who had been colonized by the European empires naively believed that the old order was gone forever and they tried to establish their own nations again.
Fools.
The Europeans would not let go of their cash cows so easily. Even the Japanese were planning ways to stay part of the robber syndicate. And their erstwhile enemies welcomed them.
And make no mistake, those colonized hated their colonizers. They looked to America, as a traditionally anti-imperialist power, to help them.
We should have. Imagine a world in which we did.
Stories are from postwar 1945. Click image to enlarge.
.png)
.png)
.png)
.png)
