The US is a fork of Europe circa 1812 I think. It’s futile to ask whether it is more or less advanced than Europe today. Kinda like it’s futile to ask if Japan is more or less advanced than the West. You can only make developmental comparisons on the same fork.
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I think of history as a garden of forking paths. Absolute conquest or extinction end forks. Independence and schisms begin forks. Rough sketch.
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DCR (Design Change Request): Slavs (Russia) and Ottomans (Turkey) did not separate so recently.




