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What about Korea or Singapore? They were colonised for much longer or in Singapore's case were built up from nothing. Reality is that no African majority count
by TapWaterBandit 4y ago
What about Korea or Singapore? They were colonised for much longer or in Singapore's case were built up from nothing.
Reality is that no African majority country has ever been able to reach even middle income status. I suspect culture is the issue personally but until that fundamental fact changes all the people setting the bar at "Africa should develop" are making an assumption with no basis in reality.
- geysersam 4y agoChina has always had a bureaucracy. A system for schooling. Even in the times of European colonialism, even during invasions of Manchurians and Mongols etc etc. During much of history it was the world's richest and most technically advanced society. That changed basically late 18th century. By that time African countries had already been colonialized for 200 years. The comparison is absurd.
- TapWaterBandit 4y agoMost African countries weren't colonised by Europeans until after the 1880s. Africa's time spent in empires was very small compared to their histories. It sounds like you even agree on this, Africa has never been a place with any degree of modern state capacity. It isn't surprising that it is still failing to achieve this.