I'm sure communism is to blame for why Eastern Europe lagged way behind the West *before communism even existed*pic.twitter.com/430M4al6WO
the exception that proves the rule. tiger mother of dragons. rt/like ≠ endorsement.
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I'm sure communism is to blame for why Eastern Europe lagged way behind the West *before communism even existed*pic.twitter.com/430M4al6WO
@JayMan471 you just reminded me: i've got some stuff to post on civicness in 18th-19th C russia. (basically it didn't exist.) next week!
@hbdchick @JayMan471 I think the confounder there are the capital cities. London, Paris, Berlin and Vienna is where it is concentrated.
@Ballomar1 yes, but why those cities? why those cities in those places? @JayMan471
@hbdchick @JayMan471 they're the centres of powerful countries/empires. Talented people flock to other talented people. Virtuous circle.
@Ballomar1 yes, but *why* are those countries/empires powerful, yada, yada, yada? @JayMan471
@hbdchick @JayMan471 How to reply to that in 140 characters??
@Ballomar1 (~_^) @JayMan471
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