It's not an epistemological crisis, but it does expose a blind-spot in not understanding the principle of Uneven and Combined Development (https://en.wikipedia.

It's not an epistemological crisis, but it does expose a blind-spot in not understanding the principle of Uneven and Combined Development (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uneven_and_combined_development https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uneven_and_combined_developmen...). It assumes the conditions are the same in both cases, but they very much are not. I would not expect people to act the same way in the face of radically different developmental circumstances. And the circumstances of a country rapidly industrializing today are radically different than of those during the first period of rapid industrialization. The incentives/pressures, demographics, technology, geopolitical landscape, and resources available to newly industrializing countries are all completely different.