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Originally Posted by AlexanderHowl
Strangely enough, I think that Germany may have supported colonial independence after being deprived of oversees colonies. Without anything to lose and new markets to gain, I could see Germany being a supporter of decolonization efforts across the globe. With new markets opened for the price of leftovers from WWI, Germany could gain commercial footholds across Africa and Asia.
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The Weimar Republic could be very progressive, the German Empire, taking a lesson from
Bismarck, could steal the Left's thunder by offering pragmatic reforms. Still, there was strong romantic anti-modernism in German society cultivated by the elites as a means of holding control. So, if the old elites aren't weakened somehow, why would they reject colonialism, an ideal which supported elite values and agendas.