Why the Dutch support colonialism

Get Nebula for 40% off an annual subscription using my link: Watch my next video about Germany’s First Genocide: Or join my Patreon 50% of the Dutch support colonialism. They are also the first big western slave trading country to apologise for it. Why? Sources: The paper I wrote in universityIt (was written in 2015, so it is a bit dated): Barkan, Elazar, The Guilt of Nations. Restitution and Negotiating Historical Injustices (Londen 2000). Gert J. Oostindie - Squaring the circle: Commemorating the VOC after 400 years. Bijdragen tot de Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde, Vol. 159, No. 1 (2003), pp. 135-161 Published by: KITLV, Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies Rose Mary Allen, Esther Captain, Matthias van Rossum, Urwin Vyent (eds.) Staat & Slavernij - Het Nederlandse koloniale slavernij­ verleden en zijn doorwerkingen. (2023) Thompson, Janna, Taking Responsibility for the Past: Reparations and Historical Injustice (Cambridge 2002). Hi there, my name is Jochem Boodt. I make the show The Present Past, where I show how the present has been influenced by the past. History, but connected to the present and fun! Every episode I show how history has influenced and made a thing, an idea or event in our present time. I make different content. You can find me on: TikTok: @thepresentpast Instagram Twitter : @ThePresent_Past Logo by: If you have an idea for an episode please fill in this form: