In the US, a police officer would be justified in killing this protestor for the same action or less. Freedom to physically attack police is something we don't have.
I don't think the second amendment enters into the equation.
The data linked doesn’t indicate that was the primary reason, there is a small dip in GDP per capita (-10%?) for India/China but it was basically flat.
Looks like before industrialization the richest countries were only moderately better off. Once it began to take off that gap became enormous.
He's right about India being the richest, it's estimated that all together the British stole $45 trillion in wealth from India. I imagine the amount stolen from China is of similar magnitude.
We took a tour of Loolecondera Tea Estate aka James Taylor Tea Museum a few years back. I left with the idea that high quality tea manufacturers consider dust almost waste material.
White SAIMR ex-agent: beware of the "'white philanthropists' coming in and opening free X to help treat Y..."
Seems a mixture of ignorance, white, and first world privilege are at work here at the same time.