According to that article, pretty much every place in the entire world has been a colony of some other place, usually at multiple points in time.

Colonialism is the rule, not the exception.  It seems racist to say that it's fundamentally different when white people do it to black people.

Unlike Africa, Taiwan and Israel have almost no natural resources (except for their people). 

European colonialists were certainly no fans of East Asians or Jews either.  And yet they thrive, despite their ancient and recent history as colonies...

Perhaps culture is a form of technology?