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"It was the apex of European civilization in the same sense that the era of Pericles was the apex of Ancient Greek civilization." Curiously enough, this is lit
by pg 17y ago
"It was the apex of European civilization in the same sense that the era of Pericles was the apex of Ancient Greek civilization."
Curiously enough, this is literally true, in the sense that this was when the US surpassed Britain as the leading economic power. It would have happened regardless of WW I though.
- pyre 17y agoWhen people refer to European civilization, they are usually including USA/Canada in there as they are part of the 'Western World.' It would probably do people well to specify 'European Civilization' or 'European-based Civilization' I guess.
- gaius 17y agoThere is a term, Anglosphere, which encompasses UK, USA, Canada, NZ, Australia. It's useful to recognize the Anglosphere as a distinct subset of The West - not least because Russia is effectively Western now.