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Comment by wolvesechoes

24 minutes ago

And it so good, because west extracted wealth and materials from all around the world places, and still extracts through globalisation.

QoL is so good here precisely because it is so poor out there.

>because west extracted wealth and materials from all around the world places

And why didn't those "around the world places" go and extract wealth and materials from the west instead? What stopped them?

>and still extracts through globalisation

Correction: "pays for it through globalisation". That's how countries like India and China got so many people out of poverty after globalisation.