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• Loughla 2y ago
  Alternate theory, both are true. Western societies took advantage of multiple other societies to plunder their treasures. Those same societies didn't have the infrastructure and/or care to preserve these things themselves. Sometimes two things can be true.
  • throwawaysleep 2y ago
    If they do not care about them, they are not "treasures" by the standards of those cultures but rather "waste."
    • HeWhoLurksLate 2y ago
      Not necessarily true- the majority of people don't know about 3-2-1 backup strategy and I've seen hundreds of "help! my { phone | SD card | computer } died and I lost all my family photos" posts