My point is that there’s a reason the West was more capitalistic, and there’s a reason why European countries were such that young people felt an affordance and a pull to take daring expeditions across the Atlantic, while China was only ever going to do that IF the emperor planned it.
Of course China can do capitalism.
My point is not that there is some kind of difference in capacity between Asians and white people.
My point is that there is/was a cultural, worldview difference that has carried over time, predicting many of the historical events of the past, as well as the conditions of the present.
It’s quite easy to claim that you understand why certain historical events happens.
My first point was that China was brothering to look. Under Zhu Di ships were build. Explaining the fact that the internal Chinese politics resulted in China turning inwards after Zhu Di with general attributes of Chinese culture seems doubtful to me.
The idea that Europe was the birth place of freedom of religion also illustrates a lot of picking and choosing. Europeans killed a lot more people because of religion than the Chinese and Zhu Di had religous freedom during his reign.
As far as capitalism goes there are likely a lot of reasons why it happened in Europe and not in China. The geography is much difference and as a result it was easier to rule a large area as a single kingdom and a good historian can likely come up with plenty of alternative hypothesis.
I don’t think you have provided a good case to believe that it’s because of the attributes you apply to West and East.
It sounds like you are claiming I’m trying to draw some kind of single causal arrow that explains a bunch of things about history. This is not quite the thing I’m trying to do… although I can see how it might appear that way.
I may have under-communicated my point.
My point is that there’s a reason the West was more capitalistic, and there’s a reason why European countries were such that young people felt an affordance and a pull to take daring expeditions across the Atlantic, while China was only ever going to do that IF the emperor planned it.
Of course China can do capitalism.
My point is not that there is some kind of difference in capacity between Asians and white people.
My point is that there is/was a cultural, worldview difference that has carried over time, predicting many of the historical events of the past, as well as the conditions of the present.
I hope I’m being more clear. ?
It’s quite easy to claim that you understand why certain historical events happens.
My first point was that China was brothering to look. Under Zhu Di ships were build. Explaining the fact that the internal Chinese politics resulted in China turning inwards after Zhu Di with general attributes of Chinese culture seems doubtful to me.
The idea that Europe was the birth place of freedom of religion also illustrates a lot of picking and choosing. Europeans killed a lot more people because of religion than the Chinese and Zhu Di had religous freedom during his reign.
As far as capitalism goes there are likely a lot of reasons why it happened in Europe and not in China. The geography is much difference and as a result it was easier to rule a large area as a single kingdom and a good historian can likely come up with plenty of alternative hypothesis.
I don’t think you have provided a good case to believe that it’s because of the attributes you apply to West and East.
It sounds like you are claiming I’m trying to draw some kind of single causal arrow that explains a bunch of things about history. This is not quite the thing I’m trying to do… although I can see how it might appear that way.