Africa, the Middle East, and elsewhere, are backward because of probable long developing genetic backwardness, not at all because of Western domination, imperialism, slavery, or oppression. See Wade, former NYT Science editor, p. 177
This is the case, both historically and prehistorically, whether Gregory Clark happens to be either right or wrong about the Industrial Revolution; regardless of whether Elias' work on violence is right or wrong; and despite Pinker's ultimately hypocritical Whiggish criticism of Clark. See Wade, p 171, fn 20.
This is the case, both historically and prehistorically, whether Gregory Clark happens to be either right or wrong about the Industrial Revolution; regardless of whether Elias' work on violence is right or wrong; and despite Pinker's ultimately hypocritical Whiggish criticism of Clark. See Wade, p 171, fn 20.
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