Comment on Why are so many countries in the world “developing” and poor, while essentially only Western countries have a high standard of living?

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HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

There are several times in history that Europeans would not be considered the peak of human development due to very measurable differences in quality of life.

You’ll also find other pseudoscience bullshit trying to justify the superiority of one group over another from at least Roman times.

The fact of the matter is that several areas had the resources and technical development to start the Industrial Revolution; it just happened to spark in the United Kingdom first and spread through Europe quickly.

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