Italy and France A row that exposes both hypocrisy and truth Further reading: - How poor countries develop rich countries by Jason Hickel (LSE) - How Europe underdeveloped Africa by Walter Rodney - Imperialism in the Twenty-First Century by John Smith
“The West won the world not by the superiority of its ideas or values or religion (to which few members of other civilizations were converted) but rather by its superiority in applying organized violence. Westerners often forget this fact; non-Westerners never do.” —Samuel P. Huntington, The Clash of Civilisation and the Remaking of the World Order, 1996, p. 51