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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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[–] voight@hexbear.net 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It's truly disappointing that nobody here seems to be aware of any of the Marxist literature on this subject. It's just a souped-up version of Guns Germs and Steel.

[–] GinAndJuche@hexbear.net 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

If you have any reading suggestions please share them, the point of the post was to learn after all.

[–] voight@hexbear.net 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Writing a blurb for you rn

[–] GinAndJuche@hexbear.net 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Thanks comrade, the title/pointing me towards a specific author alone is enough unless you really feel like it.

Cheers

[–] voight@hexbear.net 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

[2nd] Samir Amin - EUROCENTRISM (2010, NYU Press) - libgen_1.li.epub 0.3 MB https://files.catbox.moe/7p7ty8.epub

[–] GinAndJuche@hexbear.net 2 points 2 years ago

Thanks :rat-salute:

[–] voight@hexbear.net 2 points 2 years ago

@GinAndJuche@hexbear.net I've added this stuff to the book club queue so we can get all these huge ass brains full of non-Marxist historians on some better weed