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Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction
My theory is that because white people originated in colder areas where survival often depended on acquiring resources from other regions. After several technological advances, this manifested itself into colonialism, which in turn evolved into modern day capitalism.
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You should check out Guns, Germs and Steel by Jared Diamond.
Jared Diamond convincingly argues that geographical and environmental factors shaped the modern world. Societies that had had a head start in food production advanced beyond the hunter-gatherer stage, and then developed religion --as well as nasty germs and potent weapons of war --and adventured on sea and land to conquer and decimate preliterate cultures. A major advance in our understanding of human societies, Guns, Germs, and Steel chronicles the way that the modern world came to be and stunningly dismantles racially based theories of human history.
http://www.amazon.ca/Guns-Germs-Stee.../dp/0393317552