@isaacstonefish Yet you're not old enough to know Ryukyu is its own kingdom, but de facto controlled by Japan, renamed it Okinawa and hosting US military bases?
@p_nis@thinking_panda I was replying to you though.
Panda is right, all Western countries rose because of colonialism and imperialism. You can say democracy is the icing on the cake, but it's not the root cause root for their rise. So again, name one country and we'll go from there.
@smx_pd@thinking_panda@p_nis Don't know about Finland, But Japan, South Korea and Taiwan island all rised under Feudalism, Dictatorship or One-party rule. "Democracy" only made them gay.