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You're supposing an alternative where it was only possible for the West to have created these inventions you allude to. While there have been thesises that onl
by ethbro 9y ago
You're supposing an alternative where it was only possible for the West to have created these inventions you allude to.
While there have been thesises that only Great Britain possessed the necessary ingredients for steam power and industrialization, that argument isn't universally held. And I refuse to believe that this applies to every invention, especially as world population increased.
- dmpk2k 9y agoYou're right, but in the current timeframe? That's one hell of a stretch. I'll go Bayesian on this one. And so: thanks West!
- intended 9y agoEh? If time frame was the criteria we could Just start wars again. Remove all the people except the victors and chattel. And there’s billions who never got a chance to ever get medicine. Billions more never born or able to live with a fighting chance because the entire social structure was yanked out, root and branch.