Ever been to a former colony? Most of the best of what they have are the decaying features built by the colonizers. Everything else is just another third world shit-hole.
Case in point, India.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFUIdcrgW6M
India had the keys to the kingdom, if they just maintained what the Brits left behind.
Ever wondered how so few Brits maintained order in India?
It was not perfect but it was a lot better than the Raj and the hard caste system. They did it by uniformity of law.
The confrontation with colonial legacies abroad wouldn’t have occurred without the self-inflicted Western destruction of World Wars 1 & 2 to emerge from first. That was what ultimately broke the British Empire and Gandhi was able to posture himself in light of that.
We had gone to India to look at a rig. I was in line with an Aussie associate while we waited to clear customs. The Aussie, in front of me, came to the agent who stamped his passport and then said, “You have compliment for me?” The Aussie says, “Nice shirt mate.” and walked away.
One of my best laughs but I had to stifle it until I got my passport stamped as well.