Should wealthy nations be required to pay reparations to developing countries for historical colonialism?

Colonial powers extracted trillions in resources, labor, and wealth from developing nations while deliberately suppressing local industries and institutions—damage that compounds across generations. Today's global inequality isn't coincidental; it's the direct result of systematic exploitation that created the rich/poor nation divide we see now. Wealthy countries still benefit from that stolen wealth, so fairness demands reparations to level the playing field and let previously colonized nations actually develop.