Ah yes, the old “you owe us” line of argument.
OK. Let’s say you’re right about those points. What did the West ever do for the rest of the world?
Let’s see:
The telephone
The internet
The automobile
Railroads
Airplanes
Satellites
Television
Movies
The polio vaccine
Eradication of Smallpox
Antibiotics
Hell, all modern medicine
The refrigerator
Central heat and air conditioning
The Diesel Engine
Nuclear power
Space exploration
Pretty much all major sports
Most music in the world today
The light bulb
home appliances
Electricity (as something useful rather than just lightning)
Sewer systems
The green revolution in agriculture
All modern farm equipment
The material abundance brought by the Industrial Revolution
Democracy
The Rights of Man
That’s off the top of my head. That’s all from the West. The entire modern world is. On balance, the rest of the world owes the West far more than it owes them.
“Alright, but apart from:
The telephone
The internet
The automobile
Railroads
Airplanes
Satellites
Television
Movies
The polio vaccine
Eradication of Smallpox
Antibiotics
Hell, all modern medicine
The refrigerator
Central heat and air conditioning
The Diesel Engine
Nuclear power
Space exploration
Pretty much all major sports
Most music in the world today
The light bulb
home appliances
Electricity (as something useful rather than just lightning)
Sewer systems
The green revolution in agriculture
All modern farm equipment
The material abundance brought by the Industrial Revolution
Democracy
AND The Rights of Man,
what has the West, EVER done for us?”
I could have added the joint stock company, all modern sciences, the University and much more but hey, I didn’t want to pile on.