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I've considered this and deemed it to be false. A great counter example is Imperial China around 1300-1400AD. They were fantastically wealthy and politically
by ipsocannibal 8y ago
I've considered this and deemed it to be false. A great counter example is Imperial China around 1300-1400AD. They were fantastically wealthy and politically stable yet "western values" did not develop.
- tomp 8y ago“Western values” didn’t develop in the West until the second half of the 20th century, so I’m not sure that’s a good argument.
- ipsocannibal 8y agohttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_of_Enlightenment https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_of_Enlightenment