>>11896085Extreme poverty, famine, and disease, combined with very high population density. Much of Europe spent hundreds of years without civilization, largely due to the same reasons, plus frequent wars. China did, too, until they were finally able to get a grip on it.
South West Asia will get a grip on it as well, eventually. In 100 years they may very well be more developed than America will be. All of these dumb theories are retarded when you consider the larger course of history. Just be a humanist.
