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Originally Posted by NCB
You still haven't addressed where the third world would be without the west. Better off? Worse off?
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I already addressed that. It is a silly question, ultimately - the state of one does not exist without the state of the other - the West is on top because the 3rd world is on the bottom. And I addressed that aspect as well.
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No, the tech advances of the West precede the imperial age.
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Some tech advances preceded the imperial age. Sure. The West raped its own people and land enough that it became cost effective to travel greater and greater distances to rape new people and new land.