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Re:The Taliban’s terrifying triumph in Afghanistan by blacktriangle on Tuesday August 17, 2021 @08:12AM (#28209009)
Land-locked, Jared Diamond's East-west theory, tropical vs seasonal, people have been going through gyrations forever to refuse to accept that just maybe different cultures have different outcomes.
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Re:The Taliban’s terrifying triumph in Afghanistan by aksss on Tuesday August 17, 2021 @10:06PM (#28217039)
In this case, the differences are quantifiable and consistent. Different cultures do have different outcomes. But two similar cultures, one living in a landlocked state and the other having coastline, will have different development speeds.
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