Do colonialism and slavery belong to the past?

History had been really helpful in making me realize that all great events or trends are just repetitive. Almost everything that is happening now had already been experienced in the past. This makes me wonder: Why are human beings repeating the mistakes they had already committed? What satisfaction do they derive from being wrong all over again?

I think that as the earth gets older, we must be better. Better in a sense that life will be improved and uniquely advance, and that the society we all belong in will be a version that nobody will feel isolated or stepped on anymore. But that is not the case today, is it? The colonialism and slavery that the ancient people experienced can still be experienced today. This kind of treatment has different setting, different kind of people but with the same feelings of abandonment and isolation from the one in the past. This is sad. This is very disappointing that us, modern humans, still do the most primal things.

I can see that this colonialism and slavery rooted from the social classes that we categorize people in. before, people were divided as they are in society. Now, I can see that people are divided according to the country they live in. Slavery happens because certain powerful people look at others in a low way that they can see the latter as machines or slaves that will do what they want for them. I think it is also a statement of needs. Poor groups of people are in more need of necessities so they allow themselves to be colonized or enslaved by others.

We are enslaved because we allow to be enslaved. If we work harder and prove to be really independent, other countries won’t look down at us. We should prove our worth not only for the sake of self pride but to build our own place in a world that is now a cage of tigers in competition.