Message from @SilverLining
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The Lateen sail, for instance, was used by Africans from Kilwa hundreds of years before Europeans created it
So if they were hundreds of years ahead
In a particular type of seafaring technology
How did they end up with lower intelligence and comprehension then Europeans
They didn't, though
Need we go through this again?
How did they end up poorer
European exploitation
because the europeans fucked them over
But if they were so much more advanced
Logan.
According to you
Was China advanced?
give them a hundred years
Were they?
Yes or no
Yes
In ~1300
okay
eh, in ~1500
Or colonies in the New World?
I can answer this for you.
It's because they didn't need it
They had guns.
There was no real push
Well, largescale gunpowder armies
Or cannons
firecrackers attached to sticks.
They created other major things, and never had to fight international wars
As Europeans were adapting to
harmless
Yes, but not proper guns
They had no need for massive amounts of guns
That actually could reliably kill people
See.
Logan, in Africa, the Empires primarily relied upon trade
So niggers had no need for intelligence?
They didn't have need for guns as it didn't suit their style of warfare
europe had the guns.
The empire of Kilwa was isolated, for instance