South Africa was the very last vestige of colonial yoke, which abruptly also came to an end in 1994. Now what this meant in reality is though these European countries raped their colonies dry of all sorts of resources. It did come to an end and no blatant stealing of such resources could continue to take place. To add salt to injury, the illegal war of aggression on Iran has resulted in downward pressure on energy reserves in all European countries. With the US empire also coming to an end within the next few decades, we can confidently say that the hegemony of the collective West is coming to a certain end.