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The immediate post-independence history stands out. From Wikipedia: > Haiti's first century of independence was characterized by political instability, ostraci
by chalst 4y ago
The immediate post-independence history stands out. From Wikipedia:
> Haiti's first century of independence was characterized by political instability, ostracism by the international community and the payment of a crippling debt to France.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haiti https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haiti
The "crippling debt" was that Haiti was forced to compensate France for its loss of slaves.
- inglor_cz 4y agoInterestingly, Rwanda, a black country in the heart of Africa, merely 30 years after a horrific genocide, is much better off. (As was Israel, a nation founded by Holocaust survivors in a very hostile region, or Poland, bombed to shreds in the Second World War.) In our compassion to the permanently weak, it is easy to overlook the ones who started out in similar position, but eventually outgrew their problems.
- lotsofpulp 4y agoHow did you ascertain which countries were in similar positions?
- maximus-decimus 4y agoI wonder how much not building your capital in a seismic zone helps.
- inglor_cz 4y agoDepends on how you build it; Istanbul and Tokyo seem to do fine.