During the Modern Era, the technological edge of the West was significantly substantial: the West, as a result of industrialization, had at its disposal various technological “tools” that made imperialism possible: machine guns and artillery, steamships and gunboats, railroads, telegraphs, and modern medicine, to name a few. The societies of Afro-Eurasia would likely have been able to repel Western imperialism had it not been for these tools. “Nor is violent physical opposition to abuse and injustice henceforth possible for the African in any part of Africa. His changes of effective resistance have been steadily dwindling with the increasing perfectibility in the killing power of modern armament. Thus Africa is really helpless against the material gods of the white man, as embodied in the trinity of imperialism, capitalistic exploitation, and militarism.”

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During the Modern Era, the technological edge of the West was significantly substantial: the West, as a result of industrialization, had at its disposal various technological “tools” that made imperialism possible: machine guns and artillery, steamships and gunboats, railroads, telegraphs, and modern medicine, to name a few. The societies of Afro-Eurasia would likely have been able to repel Western imperialism had it not been for these tools. “Nor is violent physical opposition to abuse and injustice henceforth possible for the African in any part of Africa. His changes of effective resistance have been steadily dwindling with the increasing perfectibility in the killing power of modern armament. Thus Africa is really helpless against the material gods of the white man, as embodied in the trinity of imperialism, capitalistic exploitation, and militarism.”

using this context give me 2 pieces of evidence from the text that supports the idea One enduring issue that can be identified from this context is the technological inequality between the West and societies of Afro-Eurasia.

Answer 1

1) "the West, as a result of industrialization, had at its disposal various technological 'tools' that made imperialism possible: machine guns and artillery, steamships and gunboats, railroads, telegraphs, and modern medicine, to name a few." This statement highlights the technological advancements possessed by the West that gave them a significant advantage over the societies of Afro-Eurasia.

2) "His changes of effective resistance have been steadily dwindling with the increasing perfectibility in the killing power of modern armament." This sentence implies that the increasing power and sophistication of modern weaponry have made it increasingly difficult for the societies of Afro-Eurasia to mount any successful resistance against Western imperialism. This reinforces the idea of technological inequality and the imbalance of power between the West and Afro-Eurasian societies.