Europe developed in different ways and at different speeds.
It is simplistic to believe that there was a unified coherent civilisation. The only thing that could be seen as unifying was the Church. However its manifest corruption caused splits and countries went their own ways.
The Romans brought roads and central heating to the UK but 1000 years later the British were still living in mud huts.
So,for example, could Martin Luther be held responsible for the excesses of Pizarro or the Spanish Inquisition ? Or could he claim credit for it ?
Sweden never bothered anybody. Are the Swedes a party to the slaughter of the Aborigines in Australia and New Zealand or the actions of the British Empire ?
Nope, they came from a different culture, had different values,ate different food and spoke a different language.
My culture is working class Welsh culture. Its working class,chapel and has its own language,music and mythology.A few miles across the border my friends are English, they are C of E, they speak a different language, support an hereditary system and buy in to a thousand years of English hype.
Bu when it rains we all get pissed on.
What I find truly ironic is this. The white supremacists who are promoting the "white culture" myth are the same frothing wankers who decry the EU for destroying "national cultures".
You are only the second one person to speak of supremacy... Both of you are leftists...
I can see you coming like a train down the track. You know what you are and so do I.
You know nothing. But you assume much. So if you claim diversity is a strength; state your case, or move along.
My GP is from Sudan, my pharmacist is from India and my dentist is from Poland. When I was in hospital recently the nurse was from Portugal. The lad who does my windows is from Lithuania and my favourite restaurants are owned by a guy from Bangladesh and another from Hong Kong. My neighbour is English and he brings a bag of fruit and veg around every other day. We reciprocate.
My favourite bands are The Specials, The Jam,Bruce Springsteen,Dave Edmunds and Orchestra Baobab. The greatest people from the last century are Muhammed Ali,MLK, Nelson Mandela,Gandhi, Nicholas Winton, Laurel and Hardy and Nye Bevan.
I dont take credit for the achievements of people because they have the same skin colour as me. Primarily because I am not a sad ******* loser who measures their self worth in the achievements of others.