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Originally posted by Djinn Raffo:
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Originally posted by Iron_Ranger:
I can see where hes coming from, but I still dont agree with him. I mean for the most part third world countrys are third world countrys becayse either
A: Dictatorship
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B:They dont try not to become a third world country.
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B? I don't think it's a matter of trying for an undeveloped countries not being able to become one. That is a bit of a judgement call. I would prefer to think that they do not have the resources to do it.
One reason they do not have the resources is because all of their goods are being exported or perhaps they don't have any coveted resources at all. And another could be because the revenue of their exports is being stolen by their leaders. Which would make them A.
[/QUOTE]The vast majority of third world countries are that way because they have a power elite (ie., dictatorship) that's keeping them from progressing. This is overwhelmingly apparent in Africa, with all the tinpot dictators intercepting all the international aid shipments and either diverting them to military use or prventing the public from recieving it, letting it rot on the loading docks "because weapons might be hidden in it".
Another factor that's present, especially in Asia, is the eastern desire for stability over the western ideals of progress. China has always been a water empire, and won't change anytime soon -- the private individual has always come last in thise societies.