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But I just pointed out that China is an exception? Also, China had access to human capital at a scale that no African country had. Japan pre-45 was a world pow
by Cyph0n 1y ago
But I just pointed out that China is an exception? Also, China had access to human capital at a scale that no African country had.
Japan pre-45 was a world power, and had industrialized by the early 1900s. WW2 was a mere setback.
Korea is more of a “miracle” than Japan was, but they also did well to industrialize ASAP. They also didn’t face the brunt of European colonialism.
- shakow 1y ago> They also didn’t face the brunt of European colonialism. But they faced the brunt of Chinese & Japanese colonialism, and a full-blown civil war after which their GDP per capita was in the same ballpark as Kenya's.
- Cyph0n 1y agoYes, they did well given the odds.
- wagwang 1y agoLots of miracles and exceptions in a working theory