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by alvah 1277 days ago
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.
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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.