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It's exceptional because it was primarily the coastal nations' race to capture free land, and benefit from that for hundreds of years, not because they're intri
by husav1k 11mo ago
It's exceptional because it was primarily the coastal nations' race to capture free land, and benefit from that for hundreds of years, not because they're intrinsically superior as a collective. US had a chance to develop fast far away from wars, and they managed it. Other nations can't do anything about it, just like workers can't do much about capital owners keeping them _down_. Doesn't mean that they don't have any right to stand up for themselves.
- rayiner 11mo agoThen why wasn’t there a technologically advanced civilization in north america when the british settlers got here? Clearly geography isn’t the reason.
- jacquesm 11mo agoBecause the future doesn't arrive everywhere at the same time. If you were in Ancient Greece you could have made the exact same argument about what is the UK or Western Europe today. And so on. Clearly the spread of humanity from some point of origin is the reason and there is no hard rule that things can only get better, as you are currently able to observe in person.