It's midnight and i'm about to drop some historical SKILLZ

Ok so i'm going to do this blog a little differently than the usual brief summary. Tonight I am going to just write what I FEEL, lol. Ok soooo... first off I was not able to read from the little book, left it in my locker at school, that means i'm really just going of of Bulliet. The assignment tonight said to think about how Bulliet's argues the great divergence and industrialization and is it eurocentric or not. The the entire idea of the great divergence is based on the europe. Bulliet says that China stagnated under political and social issues while the west utilized steam power for industry. When I read this I tried to argue against this claim cuz that's what good lil historians in training do! But that was hard to do when the only thing Bulleit gives me is that Britain makes Nemesis and takes over China. A ship able to be created because of industry. When I think about the great divergence I see Britain and other western countries becoming rich and taking over all of the old powerful nations like India and China. The Great Divergence, from my understanding is about world standing and not the quality of life for its workers or social freedoms. I do not see the Great Divergence as anything other than the west getting the upperhand politically and economically at the expense of the worker. But hey, without industry where would we be today. It's hard to argue against something which your whole life is based upon. 

Soooooo yeah...     

Ethan Archambault

P.S. 

here are some relevant MEMEs for you kiddos