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The real question is why don't they have a modern market economy, and if they all did, what would happen to the existing modern market economies?

• mopsi 2y ago
  That was a long way of saying "none". Massive food surplus is a feature of efficient market economies. By rejecting it on ideological grounds, it should come as no surprise that countries like Afghanistan or North Korea end up with hunger. Their development into modern countries would free others from the burden of having to provide food and other aid to their starving citizens.
  • ossobuco 2y ago
    What a laughably naive view of the world. Ever wondered why goods are affordable in our "modern market economies"? It's because we exploit labor and resources in poorer countries, at a fraction of what it would cost here, to produce cheap goods. So what do you think is going to happen the day that all poorer countries have developed into "modern market economies" and we can't exploit them like we do today? You realize that our economies would have to change completely?
    • wiseowise 2y ago
      > It's because we exploit labor and resources in poorer countries Of course we do, tovarisch.
      • ossobuco 2y ago
        > Of course we do, tovarisch. Nice argument you got there; it really shows your unwillingness to see things for what they are. Keep living the dream, no worries, there is no exploitation in the world, and your lifestyle is entirely moral.