The West conquered the world through superior organized violence, not ideas

Evidence

The West won the world not by the superiority of its ideas or values or religion (to which few members of other civilizations were converted) but rather by its superiority in applying organized violence. Westerners often forget this fact; non-Westerners never do. — Samuel P. Huntington, The Clash of Civilizations and the…, 140

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the earlier claim that Western values failed to convert non-Westerners, and to ongoing debates about whether Western dominance rested on force or culture. — connects to: Western peace was bought by exporting violence to an outside that is Western essence — Mark Fisher (edited by Darren Ambrose), K-Punk: The Collected and Unpublished…, 454
• SEED: Article angle: ‘Westerners often forget this fact; non-Westerners never do’ — asymmetry in historical memory as a driver of civilizational resentment.