> The British spent 200 years in the country building institutions and culture. That is a sorry description of colonialism. Your theory of "cultural developme

> The British spent 200 years in the country building institutions and culture. That is a sorry description of colonialism. Your theory of "cultural development" also doesn't explain how Germany chose through elections to turn itself in to a Nazi state. As an aside, Zakaria is a talking head, part of the news as entertainment complex - sticking to the mainstream narrative as close as possible while trying to appear insightful at the same time. He is neither a historian, economist or sociologist and is a known plagiarist. Why would anyone want to read his books?