to such a degree that it affects our evolutionary direction

what about the fact the communism is wide spread in Asia while orginating from eroupe.

it did not originate from Europeans.

It did

marxs?

but that's a side point

Marx was Jewish

wew

lad

but did the jews not inhrate a lot of europen genes by being there for a longtime.

The Ashkenazi Jews kept to themselves mostly

within other societies

to preserve their ethnicity and culture

k

leaving that point asside

Why did western Europe develop into the "western world " while eastern Europe fall behind following the black plague?

long story

@Apotheosis Still another race being able to set the princibles of another, showing how confinding to your race is ilogical to spread your princibles.

if I had to guess, one big factor is tech advancement

no

yes china had all of it too, but they didn't need to learn to use it, develop it, and exploit it as much as we did

It can be greatly simplified

the big thing was losing the thirty years war

Not really

and not forming unified states

for a long time

because europe was at war all the damn time, there was a constant armsrace in every category

I say geography played a big role in who won

The problem after the black plague was the labour shortage

The reaction to this one issue caused a difference in the future development of Europe

I vaguely recall the labor shortage

how did this affect things

In the east the more organised governments and more powerful lords meant that they simply forced peasants to work harder and longer and gave them less freedoms, creating serfdom
In the west the less organised governments and less powerful lords meant that they couldn't do that, so they had to relax a bit and adapt more to how the peasants were exploiting their new found power

And serfdom is a massive reason why the east just never had a chance against western europe

They held themselves back

I mean... feudalism was still in effect in France and Britain after the plague, wasn't it?

Oh yeah

Look east europe is flat, easy to invade. West eroupe has more mountans, to hide in, and there is the british isles, u need boats to invade.

You don't change an entire system overnight

@zoopokemon kind of, except that big flat bit has a bitch of a winter

well... Britain and France took different paths