1. Bear Ribs

    Poor countries are poor because of bad culture. Rich countries are rich because of superior culture. The Left cannot accept this.

    There were extensive copper mines around the great lakes, but the nearest point they could get tin to make bronze was in the southwestern states. Without animals to haul wagons of goods or a viable sea route they just couldn't make the two meet and start up a serious bronze age. The lack of...
  2. Bear Ribs

    Poor countries are poor because of bad culture. Rich countries are rich because of superior culture. The Left cannot accept this.

    Yup, a lot of armchair historians never realize that the natives seen by early European colonists, living in tents and bark huts and the like, were basically the shattered apocalypse survivors after plagues wiped out 90-95% of their civilization. Then you see the ruins of the cities they had...
  3. Bear Ribs

    Poor countries are poor because of bad culture. Rich countries are rich because of superior culture. The Left cannot accept this.

    Yeah, the geography of a nation matters a lot too. Poland hasn't been invaded six hundred billion times because Poles have a culture that favors being invaded, Poland just happens to be a key location where it's easy to move an army from one side of Europe to the other so any invasion force...
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