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So the best you can say about the CAR is their ethnic diversity is not fundamentally incompatible with prosperity, but nevertheless the problem of prosperity in
by robonerd 5y ago
So the best you can say about the CAR is their ethnic diversity is not fundamentally incompatible with prosperity, but nevertheless the problem of prosperity in the CAR is nearly intractable? That's grim.
- notch656a 5y ago>problem of prosperity in the CAR is nearly intractable? That's not the question you asked, nor the question I answered, and you know it. >best you can say about the CAR is their ethnic diversity is not fundamentally incompatible with prosperity, I never said it was the 'best' thing about CAR. My statement about diversity in CAR also did not include any statement saying it helped or harmed its 'prosperity.' You berated me for saying nothing so I provided something, which you then out of bad faith reinterpreted into something else. It's perverted, and sick, that rich ethnic diversity has to be viewed through the lenses of how it's going to make people economically 'prosperous', rather than appreciated and respected for cultural, artistic, and other non-commercial reasons. I don't understand your angle here; other cultures aren't there for you to squeeze dry to get rich.
- robonerd 5y agoWell I'm genuinely curious about this so I continued to do more reading. I figured maybe economic prosperity is not the same as being happy, but alas, the CAR is very near the bottom of the UN's World Happiness Report; 149 out of 153.... BUT they rank quite well in perceived generosity! In the top third in fact, sandwiched between Austria and Germany. That people in the CAR are so generous despite being dirt poor and gravely unhappy is an ember of hope at least.