Carawel@lemmy.world to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · edit-227 days agoWhite House Official: Why do we have the right to take Greenland? Because we live in a world governed by strength, by power. We have power. Nobody can fight the United States militarilywww.nytimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square312fedilinkarrow-up1631arrow-down15
arrow-up1626arrow-down1external-linkWhite House Official: Why do we have the right to take Greenland? Because we live in a world governed by strength, by power. We have power. Nobody can fight the United States militarilywww.nytimes.comCarawel@lemmy.world to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · edit-227 days agomessage-square312fedilink
minus-squareshawn1122@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-226 days agoHow are we defining rest of the world here because China, India and Africa make up nearly 50% of the human population and things were really not great, especially for the first 40 to 50 years after WW2.
minus-squareCanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·26 days agoNamibia would be an Africa example, although the decolonisation period was probably as rocky as anywhere. India did alright after the same. China had Mao problems, of course, but then Deng on and the rapid ascent to global power is also in the period considered.
How are we defining rest of the world here because China, India and Africa make up nearly 50% of the human population and things were really not great, especially for the first 40 to 50 years after WW2.
Namibia would be an Africa example, although the decolonisation period was probably as rocky as anywhere. India did alright after the same.
China had Mao problems, of course, but then Deng on and the rapid ascent to global power is also in the period considered.