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For the most part, that is true today, but to believe it has always been so is to be ignorant.
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Of course.</p>
<p>Glad to see you agree. And as much as I appreciate what Western civilization has brought to the table, I do not agree with the reactionary notion that it's only the West that will, or should, lead the world henceforth. Where did civilization begin? It wasn't in London, Paris, or New York.</p>