In my opinion the arms race and the existence of theatomic/hydrogen bomb forced the Soviet Union and the United States to fight
"proxy wars" (influencing others to fight, but not directly fighting themselves) because they feared the retaliation of the proxy wars
The people were enslaved by the imperial forces on their own native land, the land was stripped of its natural resources, cultural practices in Africa were disrupted due to the Berlin conference civilizing the distribution of African land between European powers
They made clothes for their family