Comment by dakiol
2 months ago
Always wondered why latin america is not considered the "western" world (it surely is not on the east side of... whatever mark you put in the world. Actually if one uses the greenwich meridian, that would leave countries like Germany on the "east" side of the world).
Economics and sadly race.
Western world = prior colonial powers and their vassal states. Non-Western world = prior colonies that became independent.
TIL the US is non-Western