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Re:How did Europe become the richest part of the world? by Jensson on Sunday March 20, 2022 @04:14PM (#30746171)
The elites likes precious metals and will spend a lot of manpower to attain it, but precious metals doesn't make society rich. When we say that Europe was rich we don't mean they had lots of gold in their coffers, but that they had plenty of good food, housing, clothes, medicine etc, things that makes society rich.
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Re:How did Europe become the richest part of the world? by yunohn on Sunday March 20, 2022 @04:33PM (#30746337)
Why do you assume colonies didn’t have food, housing, clothes, or medicine? Have you read about any of their history? This is an extreme form of the typical “taming the savages” racist trope.

Anyway, you’ve been ignoring most of my arguments and furthering your own Byzantine narrative. I was attempting to educate in good faith, but I shall cease to engage now.

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