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The US was colonized, it didn't spring forth from pre-history this way. Diamond's theory is about the foundations of civilization and how they led to the broad
by chongli 3y ago
The US was colonized, it didn't spring forth from pre-history this way. Diamond's theory is about the foundations of civilization and how they led to the broad strokes of history, not about modern events.
- WalterBright 3y agoSouth America was colonized at the same time, but they didn't recognize rights and never amounted to much economically.
- chongli 3y agoSouth America was pretty much entirely a jungle-covered mineral colony. Resource curse theory applies.
- WalterBright 3y agoI'm not buying those excuses. SA failed to prosper because they had unfree economies. Chile has prospered when it went more free market, and regressed when it turned away from them.