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Short version, think of it like this: The European powers had a ton of capital and resources garnered through colonial exploitation of Africa and Asia which was
by tomgp 8y ago
Short version, think of it like this: The European powers had a ton of capital and resources garnered through colonial exploitation of Africa and Asia which was basically fuel burned through in massive bonfire of destruction that was the First World War -- anything left over went into the Second World War leaving the US as the dominant power for the latter half of the 20th century.
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- baud147258 8y agoI did not got this from the article. From what I read, it was more: - In order to have local stability (following industrial revolution and regime changes), Western countries need an exterior outlet, for access to exclusive markets, natural ressources and space to put excess/unwanted popultation. - To be able to colonize, Western countries needed an ideology to justify it: thus white superiority, nationalism and jingoistic propaganda. - Then there was an ideology in place in all countries, which explain the war, not capital and ressources. Of course it's how I understand the article, I might be wrong.