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Not the OP, but his generalization about North Africa is spot on. It is one of the few regions that regressed civilizationally since Antiquity. Zero advanced e
by inglor_cz 2y ago
Not the OP, but his generalization about North Africa is spot on.
It is one of the few regions that regressed civilizationally since Antiquity. Zero advanced exports, lots of tyranny and dysfunction, natives vote with their feet by the millions, and no one in their sane mind moves there.
I don't particularly care about praising the US, a country I have never been to, but if you are trying to put some sort equivalence between Egypt and the US, you are deluding yourself. Quality of institutions in those two places ise mostly incomparable.
(The SF homeless situation may be an exception. Yeah, that could be North Africa, only with much more money burned on futile schemes to alleviate the problem.)
- selimthegrim 2y agoMorocco and Tunisia don’t seem terrible. But you’re also neglecting the effect of climate change since antiquity on agriculture there.
- inglor_cz 2y agoAfter 1948, the ancient communities of Greeks, Jews and Armenians were driven out of Alexandria by the new Arab nationalist government. Given that these were the most educated and globally connected people in the country, Egypt shot itself in the foot in a way that is probably impossible to evaluate.
- selimthegrim 2y agoIn violent agreement- unfortunately, they were identified with the British occupation/administration. See also: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Ireland_Craig https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Ireland_Craig