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Nobody made south America poor; like every continent poverty was the natural state. South America just did a worse job at developing the infrastructure, rule of
by logicchains 2y ago
Nobody made south America poor; like every continent poverty was the natural state. South America just did a worse job at developing the infrastructure, rule of law, institutions and culture necessary to lift itself out of poverty as fast as north America.
With the exception of Argentina, which after WW2 was one of the richest countries in the world, but through bad political choices ended up impoverishing itself.
- actionfromafar 2y agoIdle thought - I wonder how much the German contingent had to do with these choices.
- marcosdumay 2y agoThat quite a wild thing to say about an entire continent whose politics were almost completely manipulated by some 2 powerful countries after WW2. > which after WW2 was one of the richest countries in the world Oh yeah, I wonder what changed then.
- bugglebeetle 2y agoIf you have any desire to not be remarkably ignorant of 20th century history, I’d suggest spending a few minutes reading about who in North America did a bunch of coups and otherwise created the conditions for a lack of rule of law in South America.
- LtWorf 2y agoIt's entirely their fault if the CIA keeps giving money to terrorists. No other country is involved with that.