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This is one of the reason these countries remain backward. Freedom of speech is vital to be a true economic powerhouse.
by ilrwbwrkhv 3y ago
This is one of the reason these countries remain backward. Freedom of speech is vital to be a true economic powerhouse.
- nequo 3y agoHow broad is your knowledge about "these countries?"
- vsnf 3y agoSure, except for the obvious red and gold counterpoint in the far east.
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- hotdogscout 3y agoReally poor countries will probably not have strong liberal institutions needed for free speech, just like they won't have the best pride parades or provocative comedians. But there's not much in the way of an authoritarian place producing a lot. The left doesn't bat an eye on how unionizing is illegal in China.
- cafard 3y ago> The left doesn't bat an eye on how unionizing is illegal in China. It is hard to say what counts as left in America. Apart from a few real old-timey nostalgists, I don't think that people look to China as providing a model these days. The heyday of the upper middle class Maoist was probably forty years ago.
- hotdogscout 3y ago>The heyday of the upper middle class Maoist was probably forty years ago. Going by social media/academia/big tech I'd say they're making a comeback.
- consp 3y agoI laughed out loud very hard. Free speech is easy if you have money. Otherwise you are screwed everywhere.
- RajT88 3y agoNigeria gets a bad rap, because of all the scammers being the most visible thing people in the West know about the country. With regards to this Tomato lawsuit, this kind of BS takes place in the West too - I would make the case that the UK is similar, because of their libel laws. It probably didn't even occur to you that the UK is backward in some way compared to the US (it is). There's many ways the US is backwards compared to the UK as well, and even moreso the EU. A big part of what is perceived as "backwards" are long term effects of British colonial rule, from which they are still recovering. There's a lot of ink spilt studying how the systems which colonial powers set up get left behind, which keeps in place a stratified society with the goal of enriching all the people in positions of power (read: corruption). That takes time to overcome. This is as true for Latin America as it is for Nigeria, India and all the rest. It hasn't escaped my notice there's a lot of Nigerians in tech. (I work with a lot) I'm left with the impression that the language left behind (English) in former British colonies has given these nations an edge, because the de facto language of global business is English now. That's of course why there's so many Indians in tech as well. These nations see everyone trying to get as educated as possible, as quickly as possible to catch up with the highly industrialized West. In a couple hundred years, Nigeria may look more like Wakanda, who knows?
- hotdogscout 3y ago>A big part of what is perceived as "backwards" are long term effects of British colonial rule, from which they are still recovering. There's a lot of ink spilt studying how the systems which colonial powers set up get left behind, which keeps in place a stratified society with the goal of enriching all the people in positions of power (read: corruption). That takes time to overcome. This is as true for Latin America as it is for Nigeria, India and all the rest. This is very debatable. Ethiopia and Liberia were never colonized. So wasn't Japan. Places where the institutions of colonization were toppled like Haiti did not fare well, neither did Nepal. This is a Marxist reading of History that imo is way too simple and results in a lot of inconsistencies, but it's in tune with feelings of justice (or revenge if you like Nietzsche).
- cafard 3y ago