As Described in the Text, Which of the Following Is

As described in the text, which of the following is a principal reason for rejecting the post-World War II designations of "developed" and "underdeveloped"?

A) Such an attempt to sort states fails to acknowledge a history of Western colonialism with conflict, conquest, and domination.
B) Such comparisons do not adequately account for the Second World.
C) Mass consumption has fundamentally altered the evolutionary conditions for human societies.
D) European colonialism exposed backward societies to a route to prosperity.