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Bill Gates should stop looking at the failings of capitalism in Africa and start looking at its successes in China. And then he needs to ask the 60 billion doll
by mynameishere 19y ago
Bill Gates should stop looking at the failings of capitalism in Africa and start looking at its successes in China. And then he needs to ask the 60 billion dollar question: What is the difference between Africa and China?
- budu3 19y agoI don't think the millions of Chinese peasant farmers will agree that capitalism is a success in China.
- mynameishere 19y agoAs they are replaced by machines I suppose they wouldn't, no. As they move to industrial or commercial areas they probably will.
- Prrometheus 19y agoOver 90% of American farmers were replaced by machines. We seem to be better off for it.
- davidw 19y agoWell, some rural communities report that the children were pretty distraught when they came home from school to find metallic replacements for their fathers, but a little bit more allowance money allayed their distress in most cases.
- davidw 19y agoIt beats the (somewhat) recently attempted (under Mao) alternative, despite its obvious imperfections.
- apotheon 19y agoSuccess takes time. Capitalism is spreading in China -- but it isn't everywhere yet, by a long shot.
- cglee 19y agoChinese is a relatively stable country governed by one Communist party, while Africa is a vast continent with dictatorships, instability, pockets of wealth, religious wars, famine, etc...? Is that the answer?