How should people facing colonization act to avoid cultural and economic subjugation?
Join a different culture.
I've always admired the immigrants to the US who were emigrants from relatively oppressed countries. Some of them were pretty happy to join US culture, others thought they could preserve their former cultures while here, but their children drifted over anyway.
Maybe it is environmental, or maybe I am missing some common gene, but I have never had any interest in preserving the culture of my forefather's in any sense in which it was not a winning culture.
Join a different culture.
That's not always possible, especially if your phenotype doesn't match.
It also depends on how do you perceive your identity and whether you can let go of old-culture values including, for example, your religion.
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