[Stammer]

Originally Posted by Machette

That's a very vague question. Superior economically, so on and so forth.

Open-ended yes, vague no. Take categories like population disposition, poverty, education, literacy, government, military, technology, science, civil rights, human rights, social climate, integration, health care, life-span, GDP, average income, entrepreneurialism, etc. Extrapolate from that and decide whether or not the Western template is superior or not.