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

Why the fuck didn't they have guns?

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

functioning,

They needed a strong navy

for trade

for their position on the sea road

So they actually had more advanced technology than europeans on that front