Why is the west the best?

[BlackMamba]

Islam is not the top of the world anymore because we went away from religion and tried to follow the west. The Muslim countries need to follow the shariah correctly and unite.

 

[Amadeus85]

Talking about modern Greek culture (food, traditional dress, music, dance etc.), it seems very similar to the Turks or Lebanese.... but by calling them Mid-Eastern, it is like an insult right? Furthermore, Greece is a member of EU.

Maybe we should call the Greeks as Easternized Westerns?:?

Why not orthodox? :smile:

 

[north_malaysian]

Why not orthodox? :smile:

Because in this topic the world is divided into west and east?kay:

Maybe we can put orthodox in other division with other categories which includes Catholic, Protestant, Sunni, Shia, Hindu, Buddhist, Atheist, Freethinker...

 

[ricardo_sousa]

there is no "east ideology". There is the "western society" that can be found in many eastern countries, like Japan, Korea, and now CHina(lol)... I am not saying that culturally is the same, but the economic and social views are pretty much the same.

 

[Alim Apprentice]

I think its mainly military domination and economical power. At present, the dominance by the West is based largely on the latter. They create a monetary system thats partial towards their ideologies, it gets implemented globally, and they reap the rewards at the expense of others. With the huge budget, they can allocate a large portion of it to military research. Once they have deadly arsenals (be it nuclear, biological, chemical..) they can impose their foreign policies and expand their "interests" around the world.. oh and of course, fight the war against terror. With influnce of Western money everywhere, the cycle continues I guess.

 

[Jayda]

lots of things i guess... these things wax and wane, europe is used to this, but i am concerned how america's identity crisis when it is no longer the superlative that it has become accustomed to being.

 

[Isambard]

there is no "east ideology". There is the "western society" that can be found in many eastern countries, like Japan, Korea, and now CHina(lol)... I am not saying that culturally is the same, but the economic and social views are pretty much the same.

No they arnt.

 

[sudais1]

I do believe that the united states is blessed because of its support of israel...does that mean israel is right in everything???no it doesnt..even the bible speaks of god punishing israel for its sins..but the same bible calls the supporter of israel to be blessed..

That would be interesting if the bible was never changed and there weren't so many of them.

I agree the United States are blessed they have, The fattest population on earth, the biggest debt in earth, the most hurricane prone country on earth, the dumbest population on earth, the biggest aggressor on earth, The dumbest Leader on earth, Start Wars and lose them, Spend 76 million a day on a War they can never win, have the biggest poverty rate from any of the "developt nations as well". I sure they are Blessed. It's clearly known that the UAE is the most modern most beautiful country on earth. 75% of the worlds oil comes from Muslim Lands, If Saudi Arabia alone took there oil of the west market everything in the United States would completely shutdown for example the 74 crisis. Israel "the blessed" can't even contain Hezbollah, forget Hamas.

 

[wilberhum]

That would be interesting if the bible was never changed and there weren't so many of them.

I agree the United States are blessed they have, The fattest population on earth, the biggest debt in earth, the most hurricane prone country on earth, the dumbest population on earth, the biggest aggressor on earth, The dumbest Leader on earth, Start Wars and lose them, Spend 76 million a day on a War they can never win, have the biggest poverty rate from any of the "developt nations as well". I sure they are Blessed. It's clearly known that the UAE is the most modern most beautiful country on earth. 75% of the worlds oil comes from Muslim Lands, If Saudi Arabia alone took there oil of the west market everything in the United States would completely shutdown for example the 74 crisis. Israel "the blessed" can't even contain Hezbollah, forget Hamas.

The US it truly blessed. You don't live here.

 

[guyabano]

That would be interesting if the bible was never changed and there weren't so many of them.

I agree the United States are blessed they have, The fattest population on earth, the biggest debt in earth, the most hurricane prone country on earth, the dumbest population on earth, the biggest aggressor on earth, The dumbest Leader on earth, Start Wars and lose them, Spend 76 million a day on a War they can never win, have the biggest poverty rate from any of the "developt nations as well". I sure they are Blessed. It's clearly known that the UAE is the most modern most beautiful country on earth. 75% of the worlds oil comes from Muslim Lands, If Saudi Arabia alone took there oil of the west market everything in the United States would completely shutdown for example the 74 crisis. Israel "the blessed" can't even contain Hezbollah, forget Hamas.

phhhheewww, I'm so happy, that you don't use a computer, neither MS Windows from BillGates to write this message here. You wouldn't use US technology as you stick deeply to your principles, are you ? May you go to hell if you lie now.
UAE, isn't that the country where they exploit filipino workers and hold them like slaves? And believe me, I'm married to a filipina who has cousins, who work there. I can tell you stories

 

[Malaikah]

well I am a bible thumping christian...my bible clearly states that those who support israel will be blessed and those who do not will be cursed..so it doesnt really matter what you believe..

Thats a joke, right? Israel the country didn't even exist when the bible was written! Are you sure it wasn't talking about Israel the person, who died thousands of years ago?

 

[ricardo_sousa]

The central question is this: the USA is the most powerful nation in the world, based on it´s society and technology. The Saudi Arabia is only important because it has a natural resource essential to the western societies. So it´s more a "gift from the Gods" the power of Saudi Arabia, and the USA is the result of true human accomplishment.

 

[omar_2133]

It is a combination of factors, primarily including:

• Industrial Revolution
• Superior military technology
• Economic exploitation (resulting in a large wealth inequity betwen the West and other Powers

The first wave of colonialism was able to suceed as their opponents, the Aztec and Native American tribes were centuries back in their development, and were no match for the Europeans, armed with horses, siege weapons, steel armour and gunpowder.

As a result of their success, they had accumulated and pkundered a massive amount of wealth and displaced it, and redistributed it back to the colonizing country. The immense wealth funded a number of projects, including additional explorations, military technology, and most importantly, the Industrial Revolution, which only served to further enchance their capability to colonize more land from more sophisticated and better armed, established civilizations, rather than tribes.

In addition to this, Industrialization and the widespread exploitation of slave labour enabled them to build up their economies into mass-scale, industrial and modernized ones, which allowed the West, their headstart into economic growth and development, into the First-world nations they are today.

The cycle of prosperity which was instigated by the surplus capital, funded the process of industrialization, which in turn resulted in increased capital, which subsequently resulted in the development of more sophisticated technologies.

The new military capabilities unleashed by the Industrial Revolution, the declining power of the civilizations in the East (such as the Islamic World and China), and together with their aggressive colonialist practises, managed to crush their non-industrialized enemies and reduce them to subordinate colonies.

And centuries of economic exploitation have cemented the position of the West as the military and economic superpower of the world, and given it the prestigious place it has today in politics, economics, military power and influence.

 

[Whatsthepoint]

That would be interesting if the bible was never changed and there weren't so many of them.

I agree the United States are blessed they have, The fattest population on earth, the biggest debt in earth, the most hurricane prone country on earth, the dumbest population on earth, the biggest aggressor on earth, The dumbest Leader on earth, Start Wars and lose them, Spend 76 million a day on a War they can never win, have the biggest poverty rate from any of the "developt nations as well". I sure they are Blessed. It's clearly known that the UAE is the most modern most beautiful country on earth. 75% of the worlds oil comes from Muslim Lands, If Saudi Arabia alone took there oil of the west market everything in the United States would completely shutdown for example the 74 crisis. Israel "the blessed" can't even contain Hezbollah, forget Hamas.

What would happen to the UAE if the western tourists suddenly stopped going there? What would happen if the west suddenly stopped buying oil from them?
There is not a single truelly independent nation today.
Israel could destroy Hezbollah in matter of weeks if not days but it somehow decided to stick with at least some of the international conventions and laws regarding warfare...