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Title: Good PC History
Review: Diamond goes out of his way to not involve culture at all. This blatant omission forces him to only talk about facts that support his thesis. Of course, geography, resources, and population density are going to play a role in how successful a people are. But so does how they are governed, what role religion and science play in their civilization, are they accepting of foreign technology, in other words their culture.This book is very politically correct. The fact is that some cultures/civilizations are superior to others. Some of that advantage comes from luck in the beginning, but a large part comes from the choices a civilization makes as it develops.
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