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by nxmnxm99 1277 days ago
I mean - you’re wrong.

20 years ago America and Europe dominated the world - today the US is growing increasingly perilous politically and Europe is little more than a museum, irrelevant by the day.

The collective economies of Canada, Europe and Australia haven’t grown since 2008. 15 years. The US is the only “western” economy which has actually shown real GDP growth.

A staggering number of academics and researchers are now opting to either stay or return home - because home is a better place to live than the West, unlike 20 years ago.

By the year 2040, there is only going to be a single “western” country among the worlds 10 largest economies.

It’s basic math. China is just the start - there are 4-5 new chinas emerging over the next 2-3 decades

What you are saying is respectfully a highly incorrect and somewhat sheltered perspective.

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If it's basic math, how come China and India haven't ruled the world forever, since they have the largest populations? There's a lot more to it than what you say.
Um, they did - China was the global superpower for most of human history. Western (read: caucasian) dominance is a relatively recent phenomenon.

And even that dominance is thanks almost entirely to the Islamic golden age that preceded it.

And just like the ignorant muslim empires in 1200 who assumed they would rule the world forever, Westerners haven't realized the rest of the world has caught up to them and the European age is over.

So your basic math has no explanation for Western domination over the last ~250 years. Got it.
I’m not going to continue a conversation with someone being intentionally dense.
Ah, the “I’m too smart for this conversation” line. You should look up the Dunning-Kruger effect.