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Posted on 11/4/18 at 6:41 pm to Roaad
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Great as in most positive, most influential, most prosperous, and most powerful.
American is better
Posted on 11/4/18 at 6:43 pm to Quixote
I’ll admit I have no counter argument to this
Posted on 11/4/18 at 6:44 pm to DeafVallyBatnR
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China is a house of cards
This thread has an absurdly modern perspective. He asked whether there "has ever been". In the history of mankind, there have been some absolutely incredible civilizations. The Persians, the Egyptians, the Chinese, just to name a few.
Frankly, the West is lucky that China became so obsessed with ceramics that they neglected glass, paving the way for the West to completely steamroll them in the sciences during the Renaissance.
Posted on 11/4/18 at 6:46 pm to Bmath
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WWI, WWII, and Vietnam make us look like a bunch of assholes.
Or heroes, depending on perspective
Posted on 11/4/18 at 6:49 pm to Roaad
Egypt and China far and away did more, many thousands of years beyond anything Europe has done.
What variables are you using to quantify it?
What variables are you using to quantify it?
Posted on 11/4/18 at 6:56 pm to mahdragonz
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Egypt and China far and away did more, many thousands of years beyond anything Europe has done. What variables are you using to quantify it?
It’s a marathon, not a sprint.
Who’s winning now?
This post was edited on 11/4/18 at 9:50 pm
Posted on 11/4/18 at 6:57 pm to mahdragonz
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Egypt and China far and away did more, many thousands of years beyond anything Europe has done.
If you're a creative thinker.
Posted on 11/4/18 at 7:13 pm to Roaad
It's no coincidence that it's also the "culture" that spread Christianity the most.
Posted on 11/4/18 at 7:15 pm to arcalades
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It's no coincidence that it's also the "culture" that spread Christianity the most.
I would love to hear this explained in more detail
Posted on 11/4/18 at 7:40 pm to Roaad
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Western European?
What is Western European? Russia? Greece? Prussia/Germany?
Posted on 11/4/18 at 7:41 pm to Joshjrn
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Frankly, the West is lucky that China became so obsessed with ceramics that they neglected glass, paving the way for the West to completely steamroll them in the sciences during the Renaissance.
They had gunpowder long before Europe did. It was their lack of metallurgy that held back canon design.
Posted on 11/4/18 at 7:56 pm to Roaad
American culture is better. More capitalistic, more equality and freedom, with more opportunities for all.
We saved Europe from Hitler and protected them from Stalin, and now they bitch about our politics, while consuming the food, drink, clothes, and entertainment that Our corporations sell to them.
I appreciate the efforts of my European ancestors, but now, it's our culture, our world.
We saved Europe from Hitler and protected them from Stalin, and now they bitch about our politics, while consuming the food, drink, clothes, and entertainment that Our corporations sell to them.
I appreciate the efforts of my European ancestors, but now, it's our culture, our world.
Posted on 11/4/18 at 8:10 pm to JLivermore
If the Mayans were not landlocked they would’ve dominated for millenniums
Posted on 11/4/18 at 8:18 pm to Roaad
NO!
See username...
See username...
Posted on 11/4/18 at 8:19 pm to Roaad
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Western Chauvanist
Boom!
Posted on 11/4/18 at 8:30 pm to NYNolaguy1
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They had gunpowder long before Europe did. It was their lack of metallurgy that held back canon design.
Certainly why they got left behind militarily, but glass is posited as to why they got left behind in the sciences. With glass came the microscope and the telescope. With those, came advances in science those that came before could only have dreamed of.
Posted on 11/4/18 at 8:41 pm to Philzilla2k
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Whose (sic) winning now?
Well, the Chinese will probably rule the world economically within the next fifty years and there's not a whole lot we can do about it.
Posted on 11/4/18 at 9:38 pm to Roaad
No
Posted on 11/4/18 at 9:55 pm to Layabout
something is being done about it now
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