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> what is the marshmallow in this analogy? The surplus of resources, I guess. The disposable income of a nation.

• smcl 5y ago
  If Haiti had, say, vast oil wealth but wasted the proceeds and you compared it specifically to Norway (who have, all things considered, responsibly handled their oil wealth) then sure. But I cannot see what resources or wealth representing the "marshmallow" that they are supposed to have foolishly, greedily gobbled up. It doesn't make sense, it's just someone painting the Haitians as a short-sighted and reckless people (which I believe is untrue) without giving any reasons why they believe this.
  • Tabular-Iceberg 5y ago
    > It doesn't make sense, it's just someone painting the Haitians as a short-sighted and reckless people Who did that?
  • tw04 5y ago
    >But I cannot see what resources or wealth representing the "marshmallow" that they are supposed to have foolishly, greedily gobbled up. The entire reason they were a colony was due to having vast amounts of arable land where coffee and sugar cane was grown. That's ignoring the natural beauty of the country that would be ripe for tourism if they had corruption and crime under control. It doesn't make sense to act as if Haiti is a barren wasteland with no possible way to generate wealth. The "marshmallow" is quite literally the wealth the country as a whole can generate. They are one of the worst countries in the entire world when it comes to corruption index: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corruption_Perceptions_Index https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corruption_Perceptions_Index