- Arguably, *Westlessness* is just empirically true in the sense that globalization has decisively ended the imbalances of the 1500-1900s. Many "Western" standards of living are now just the norm globally. For instance, electricity:
- Even the world of the 2000s is a distant dream. Extreme poverty has straight-up *evaporated* outside of Africa. The 21st century has done things that were aspirational UN goals just a few decades ago.Feb 3, 2026 15:44
