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.

  • starkillerfish (she)@lemmygrad.ml
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    11 months ago

    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 [he/him]@hexbear.net
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      11 months 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