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Don't forget how much American intellectual progress actually came from Europe. Europe did the hard work of educating and raising generations of scientists and
by foobarian 8y ago
Don't forget how much American intellectual progress actually came from Europe. Europe did the hard work of educating and raising generations of scientists and other cream of the crop intellectual elites, who then proceeded to get chased away by wars and persecution and ended up in America. I heard some execs in startup land joke about how they managed to "get their Russian scientists" with relief that their intellectual problems will be solved now.
- IllogicalLogic 8y agoYes, America stole the fruits of European theft.... We all should realize that Pre-15th century most of Europe could barely do basic math. All the books about advanced sciences and mathematics were translated from Persian (which were compiled from Ancient Greek, Chinese, Indian, and Arab knowledge). The biggest thieves in history are just mad that the involuntary investors in their societies are coming to get a return on their investments. Don't forget when Europeans basically stole land and labor from whole continents, resulting in enough wealth to develop certain technologies. This is all part of the cycle empires go through and we in the West are on the tail end of one hell of a ride. This isn't controversial, this is history.