societal fallout from Colonialism...... when the disenfranchised rise above previous circumstances, they will adopt the same 'power' behavior as the prior colonial oppressors; a developing society cannot help but take on some of the same behavior that was modeled over previous generations, including the 'power structure' behavior of the colonialist society.never understood exactly why Jamaicans seemed to want to hold their boots to someones neck in their dealings with each other.
For some people, as soon as they get a "little" personal self-confidence & personal sense of power, they wield it mercilessly above anyone they perceive to be "less than".....because they can. there are some people for whom making someone else small, is what makes them feel big -- that's already universal across human behavior, and it's made even worse when the 'bully mentality' of colonialism is part of the history of the society in which they live - because it's seemingly 'validated' by that history, as the correct way to be.
