I didn't read the article but I firmly believe it's definitely colonialism but not just colonialism. EU had the luxury of being first to industrialize. World wa

I didn't read the article but I firmly believe it's definitely colonialism but not just colonialism. EU had the luxury of being first to industrialize. World wars that led to efforts to create a new society and abandon old power structures. Stability. Decent amount of farmland. Dominance in sea based trading. Rail roads. Focus on meritocracy. Unfair foreign policies and wars. Copy right system that hurts developing nations. Using fiat currency and managing everyone else to use yours. Spirit of innovation. Abscense of class structure i.e middle class is idealized vs noblity or as in India your born in fixed class. Basically having semi functioning government and electricity goes a long way.