This system is the remnant of colonialism. In the days of colonialism (which are not so far removed), a rich country such as England would take over a territory that was not as technologically advanced, such as India. The country would then exploit the area. It would take all of its available natural resources and industry and ship things back home, or make money from it and ship the money

it is impossible for the rest of the world to proceed with development without the consent of those more powerful nations.

ntric belief that their culture was the best, but they were not at all concerned with converting the rest of the world.

The current system in place in the world is pretty rigid. With the exclusion of China, it does not seem possible, or even probable that a country could move from its orbit in the system. A peripheral country is pretty much stuck being a peripheral country. There are to many barriers to progress for it to move up. The core countries would prefer to remain that way, and in turn will continue to exploit the rest of the world- not allowing it to develop and threaten their world position. This leads to the dependency analysis which states that the poor countries are poor because the rich countries are rich. The wealth of the richer countries rests on keeping the poor countries in a state of poverty. If a poorer country suddenly becomes more wealthy within itself, that's less money going to the rich countries of the world that want to exploit it. It is a self serving theory, in that as long as the wealthier countries r

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