How Western Civilisation Could Collapse

Re:How Western Civilisation Could Collapse by FooBarBizBazz on Saturday April 10, 2021 @11:31AM (#26762178)

Of course the New World had civilization. What I'm saying is that, with geographic control of North America and Australia, "The West" is now in a very different position than it was in 1400. It has relatively-strong control of at least three continents. It used to have one. Meanwhile India controls only the subcontinent, and China (only) most of East Asia.

I made no claims about which civilizations were "better" or "more advanced". Those words don't mean very much.

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Re:How Western Civilisation Could Collapse by simonblack on Sunday April 11, 2021 @08:37PM (#26774971)

We in the West see things from a Western viewpoint. We're also used to seeing things from a position of strength. Those times are steadily and rapidly disappearing.

The WHOLE of the West (US, 5-Eyes, Europe) COMBINED is only about 70% the size of China ALONE in terms of both population and manufacturing capacity.

We're not going to win the next 'big one'.

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