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From a materialist perspective, why did the the global north, the western global north in particular, become so powerful it could loot the rest of the world with borderline impunity? (hexbear.net)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by GinAndJuche@hexbear.net to c/askchapo@hexbear.net

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I've recently read"The Verge: Reformation, Renaissance, and Forty Years that Shook the World" and want to hear what all of you think the answer is, because I feel like the book was missing something in its thesis and I am not very sure what that is.

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[–] starkillerfish@lemmygrad.ml 27 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I recommend How europe underdeveloped africa by Walter Rodney if you want to learn more on the topic. In short the answer is that the power came from the development of capitalism in europe.

[–] DragonBallZinn@hexbear.net 17 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

White supremacists when I ask them that if white people are the master race, why did they need to sabotage everyone else to make themselves look good? oooaaaaaaauhhh