Why isnt Africa more advanced than white countries?

Constantinople was Eastern Europe, not Western.

In fact, when the Roman empire fell, it only did so in the West. The Roman empire continued on for another millenium in the East.

 

Oh, I noticed now that you wrote western europe. Anyways, Rome, prosperous as ever under the pope is in western europe. And then there's the rest of italy with many rich cities, and france.

Yes, I'm well aware of that.

 

Yeah. I meant ancient Egpyt.

Never argued that. The Africans could be okay if they stopped fighting.

 

Name a region whose countries were drawn on a map by foreigners that doesn't have internal strife. The Brits especially were fond of divide and conquer an used it flawlessly in India for quite some time pitting principalities against each other. In other parts of the world they made multi nation states that were destined for civil war.

 

They learnt that brutal military tactics would subdue every one for a short time, that time is coming to an end. Europe was peaceful when the so- called blacks ruled there. Did you know the original vikings were a so-called black ppl?

[video=youtube;7KCF0RvpkXw]http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpag e&v=7KCF0RvpkXw[/video]

 

being enslaved and backwards for some hundreds of years was all part of a master plan? I see.

Europe sure was peaceful, and just look how that peace is returning now that black are comming back. In our suburbs particularly.

 

If you think enslaving millions of people and murdering millions of people during the Atlantic slave so called trade was a good master plan then I guess my plan must seem like genius to you.

 

Hmm, well talking about cultural superiority there are still a lot of so-called Christians who believe that praying to an invisible thing will cure their kids of life-threatening illnesses, or make their own lives better. You explain the difference. The particular form of derangement we call 'faith' is no respecter of culture.

 

But, Snakestretcher, you were saying that the African societies were apparently superior. Maybe you should elaborate with specific examples in order to make your point.

 

Yes, in times gone by they were indeed far superior, and I believe I also provided links to substantiate my comments. Singling-out a few primitive beliefs practised by a minority doesn't help. I view Christians praying to an imaginary deity as no more 'advanced' than it was 2000 years ago, and thus equally liable to accusations of rank hypocrisy.
Talking of rumours I hear that Jesus has been set to return from the grave-or heaven, or wherever...any sightings so far?

 

But you were also talking about modern societies. Which specific modern African societies do you consider superior to that of the USA?

 

how were the africans worse off for colonialism?

 

I guess it's about what you call "Africa". Certainly the Egyptians and their Nubian cohorts were building 40-story pyramids before Europeans even emerged from the caves. And the Mayans produced more significant architecture 1500 years ago than the combo Spaniards/Indians had done before or since.

 

Well thats a subjective issue, superiority. Sure america has more superior nuclear weapons, because Ethiopia doesnt have any. America has a superior obesity level than any country in Afrika. Pathetic conversation imo.

 

Try 18 million people for starters. Then you can move on to all of the stolen relics and artifacts that keep your museums afloat. Then we can talk about the massive debts Afrikan nations inherited from incompetent european dictators.

 

It's such an amazing achievement that we got the European TV now trying to say the pyramid complexes were built by Ancient Astronauts who were 30 foot tall and came from another planet called Nibiru.

 

So the level of ethics, respect for logic, social rights, practice of science, degree of tolerance, following the rule of law, ability to generate a successful economy in a particular nation mean nothing? As for the ability to project military power, without that any society is vulnerable to conquest and/or domination by another society. When I mentioned the Incas before, their advanced society failed because their military technology wasn't up to the job of defeating the rather barbaric Spaniards. All the other benefits of a society are predicated on its continued existence.

 

This is an OUTSTANDING question!

It should engage all of today's greatest thinkers. It shall bring together a confluence of economics, climate science, genetics, anthropology, sociology etc.

That said, I don't claim to know. I'll bet it's a mixture of all kinds of (*)(*)(*)(*).

Now I am curious, so I'll start reading the thread.

 

Level of Ethics? You mean morality, Americans? Give me a break.
Practice of science for the purpose of war is immoral. You abuse science and always have done. Following the rule of law? What is that even supposed to mean or indicate? Ability to generate a successful economy? I guess only ignorant people would call americas economy a success. You are 10 trillion dollars indebted to china. Your economy cannot function without debt, it is unsustainable and an abject failure to the majority of people on the planet. Your monetary system cannot be sustained without creating mass poverty [in your very own definition]

 

How did Ethiopia manage to become the only nation not to be colonized by europeans and how has it managed to survive as a nation for millenia when it has a weaker millitary than most of the colonizers?

 

Jonah apparently just wants to hate America. I notice that while he repeatedly slams the USA, he can't actually name a single African country he considers better than the United States.

 

Yeah.


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He likes blacks.

 

Better than the United States? lol, childish indeed.

To answer your question then, every one of them is better.

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I don't think he's jewish

 

Congo is better than the USA? Somalia is better than the USA? South Sudan is better than the USA? Central African Republic is better than the USA? In what way?