The west is rigidly stuck in its heydays of colonialism and slavery. And it has a very good reason for being so stuck, albeit sentimental. In its heydays, the west viewed itself as the only source of light – as the Sun – of the world, all non-western countries being dark planets revolving around it. Being dark planets with no lights of their own, the amount of light and heat these non-western countries get from the Sun – their enlightenment and civilization, so to speak – depends on how close they are to the west. The more distant these non-western countries are
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