You said "There is... a strain in the West... that it was the inventor of all civilizations" Academics do more than just "question" this, they consider it ra

You said "There is... a strain in the West... that it was the inventor of all civilizations" Academics do more than just "question" this, they consider it racist junk, unworthy of any consideration whatsoever. An EU official talking about a "jungle", while reprehensible, is not representative of the thinking of most people, and, to keep you from wandering off-topic, is not claiming the West invented civilization.