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A reasonable theory would be that the best, most productive areas were colonized first. The productivity / potential of those lands can have nothing to do with
by fortes 12y ago
A reasonable theory would be that the best, most productive areas were colonized first. The productivity / potential of those lands can have nothing to do with colonization and just be inherent to the land.
Related: http://www.stratfor.com/analysis/geopolitics-united-states-part-1-inevitable-empire http://www.stratfor.com/analysis/geopolitics-united-states-p...
- millermp12 12y agoIs wealth and GDP per capita in South Africa increasing or decreasing after apartheid?
- millermp12 12y agohttp://www.globalresearch.ca/economic-and-social-crisis-in-post-apartheid-south-africa/32505 http://www.globalresearch.ca/economic-and-social-crisis-in-p...
- ReadEvalPost 12y agoDid the wealth and GDP per capita in the Southern US increase or decrease after the abolition of slavery? Righting a terrible, terrible moral wrong should come regardless of the short-term economic costs. To suggest that economic concerns trump overturning codified racism is one of the most disheartening things I've read on this site. (I do hope I've misread your comment as a support of apartheid.)
- omonra 12y ago1. You should really bother to look up the answer instead of climbing on a soapbox - GDP per capita in SA has been climbing. 2. His point- that certain countries were much better run while colonized still stands (check out Zimbabwe for example).
- ReadEvalPost 12y agoI did look up the data, and saw what you saw. However, his daughter comment links an article that claims "whilst there have been gains in some areas, overall, most Black South Africans are materially worse off now than they were under Apartheid," which I took to be the actual point he was making.
- omonra 12y agoOk, fair enough - I just saw that thread and thought it would make sense to argue facts rather than moral posturing :)