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In 1621, the Banda Islands of Indonesia turned into a bloodbath. The Dutch East India Company, desperate to control nutmeg-a spice worth more than gold-killed almost all the native Bandanese people. Entire villages were wiped out, their culture erased, just so the Dutch could claim the islands' riches. This wasn't only colonial cruelty. It marked the beginning of the "resource curse," a cruel twist where nature's gifts bring misery instead of wealth. Today, from the cobalt mines of Congo to the coal fields of India, this curse still traps people in cycles of poverty, violence, and loss. The Banda Islands were an early warning-a lesson ...