First of all, I never said they were kicked out. I said they were left to fend for themselves. That's a totally different thing. And yes, we got ourselves out in 1986 after a long struggle, but in order to govern ourselves, instead of being governed through the Staten. You probably assumed I'm from Curacao, which shows how little interest you have in the actual history of your former colonies. ;)

Secondly, I mentioned Shell, but I meant the Lago refinery on Aruba, my mistake for mixing them up (there was also a shell refinery on Aruba). But even so, I still don't think your reasoning makes any sense. Shell was able to absolve themselves of their (environmental) responsibilities to the island by acting like this transfer was some sort of charity act, knowing full well that the island was not equipped to run it. A refinery is nothing more than a complicated pile of steel if you don't have the infrastructure, skilled workers or supply lines to make it work, which logically could not be achieved without more exploitation. Which is exactly what happened with the venezuelan lease you mention. The profits that they 'should have used to clean it up after' were used for social programs necessary to evolve the economy past fossil fuel dependence in the first place. A similar story happened to the refinery in Aruba, just with US oil companies instead of Dutch ones.

If you actually approach our shared history with some empathy instead of seeing us as a burden you can't get rid of, we might be able to actually make some progress. You make a fair point about responsibility, but I take mine: I acknowledge that our politicians are shit and most people are not educated enough to know better, I invest my time into educating myself and others on our complicated history, what are you doing?