Why are majority Caucasian countries doing so well in almost all positive aspects of society compared to the rest of the world(barring the oil empire when it comes to wealth)?
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The answer is really well explained by your question itself. “Why are majority Caucasian countries doing so well.” Caucasian means people from the Caucasus which is this region (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caucasus). The caucuses have not been dominant for a few years since the fall of the Soviet Union. Even more so since the decline of the Ottoman Empire.
But I’m guessing you weren’t thinking about the Turks when you asked your question. You meant it as the coloquial “white people” term used in America. So why have *white* people been so dominant? Well first we need to understand what you mean by white people. Are Ukrainians white? Are Greeks white? Are Italians white? You probably said yes to all of these but that answer is uniquely American and modern. You don’t have to go back very far in history to see Italians, Irish, and residents of the balkans being deliberately called out as non-white.
Okay fine! Western European countries. Well that one is easy. The period of Western European dominance was around 1500 to 1800, a period of about 300 years. The Spanish and Portuguese began exploring for trade routes and were able to conquer the sub-Saharan African and Americas because of the introduction of gun powder and modern military tactics to a region which had never been exposed to these. The natural resources of the conquered land allowed them to build vast empires but eventually they ceded their land and power to other European powers like France, Britain, and Germany.
Oh, France, Britain, and Germany are included? Well their star was really from the mid 1700’s to the early 1900s. While falling behind the Portuguese and Spanish originally, they used the Industrial Revolution to exceed the power of the Spanish and conquer far reaching lands all across the world. But internal fighting resulted in the loss of their empires in the World Wars and relinquishing their control to the United States and the USSR.
Oh you want America to be included in “Western European?” Even though it is an entirely different continent? But it is one of the most diverse countries in the world. Why are we defining it as European? Well if you insist… it’s industrial power was combined with opportunistic financing of the World Wars to see the American government rise to a super power level. Now it appears to be ceding much of its power and influence to China.
The truth is that over the course of “Caucasian dominance” different groups rose and fell constantly. We define the entire period like it is the same group of people but it distinctly is not. It’s circular to just define Caucasian dominance as whatever region is currently in control. We think white people are dominant because we unintentionally redefine history to meet our preconceived notions. All regions in the world have periods of rising and falling strength. We think of one period of time which different European countries have been in power for a long time. That period is over and has been for 100 years.
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