I would argue that even an unbiased news source would still have bias on the basis of what stories they cover, it's not like newspapers can be omniscient
I was going to recommend tyrant until I I read that second paragraph, fukin obsidian, only they could half ass 2/3 routes in the game an make it better than half the RPGs I play
I think you're on the right track and each plurb sees itself as a cell in a greater organism. The individuals are definitely rewritten, it's why they are all chipper now, share memories, and cannot lie. I think that was the point of the Indian family's son answering specific medical knowledge (if he was his own individual he should have no opinion on spatula material). I also think that despite Carol being a terrible miserable person the show runner thinks that individuality is what makes us human and worth living.
Edit: replaced value judgement with a more neutral word
I'll have to give that book a read. The argument I remember* (for england & the Netherlands) was that the soil quality was poor compared to the rest of Europe. The landowners in both states turned to trade, first as a supplement but eventually whole hog.
I would send book titles, but they were my professors self published and I'm not that inclined to self dox
**Also mildly surprised we didn't read this book, seems just as relevant as Daemonologie /hj
The crusades were a shared experience for Europe of going on a foreign land and taking over (also proto racism)
Crusades reintroduced the silk road to western Europe
The black death created the conditions for ending feudalism and start proto capitalism
The growing bourgeoisie did not want to pay the ottomans and other Muslim nations in order to trade with China/India so they began looking for other routes
Portugal tarted by attempting to circumnavigate Africa (surprisingly difficult)
An Italian(?) dumbass (Columbus) messed up the diameter of the earth and tried a straight shot across the Atlantic
Turns out Mexico has literal gold, the Caribbean and Brazil have powder gold (sugar)
Why did Europe begin to dominate:
America's were devastated by disease
Incan/Aztec empires lacked the same knowledge of metalworking
The wealth (silver mostly) from the Americas let Europe gain favorable trade deals in India & China
Notably this trade was primarily initiated by Europe China/India are blessed in natural resources and only really needed money
Because the interactions are one way Europeans and in position to take advantage of weakened nations in a way they were immune to
Why Africa happened late:
Malaria, just like how European diseases ravaged the Americas, malaria ravaged any attempt of European colonization. Trade deals with locals was much more economical.
But I wanna be Albania!