Frank hatte so etwas gesagt. Der Kolonialismus sei nie ausgestorben, pflegte er zu erklären, er habe nur die Namen geändert und lokalePolizisten angeheuert.
Frank had said something like that: colonialism had never died, he used to declare, it just changed names and hired localcops.
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