re: #56 Obdicut

Prior to the discovery of oil, the Saudi royal family extorted large amounts of money from those making the pilgrimage to Mecca.

I think a lot of people don’t realize that Western Europe and the US are the exception, not the rule, to the outcomes of nations.

No doubt, the imperialistic policies of Western Europe and the US’s foreign policies have had an influence on the outcomes of other nations, and not all of it has been positive.