Thoughts?: We will ever see a fully developed African country?

[CopiousX]

Every single nation that had massive developmental progress in the 20th century did it one of two ways, they either became a puppet-state for the U.S. and the UK - or they went the socialist route -

i wholeheartedly agree with the first part, but can we just eliminate the bolded part. This seems like a euphemism for being a puppet to Russia/USSR.

I dont think the socialism itself was the change for china, cuba, Venezuela, pre-Obama-era libya, etc. It was the large military donations, cash inflows, and access to the Russian markets that developed those nations. There would be no development in the absence of these, irrespective of how socialist the nations were. Basically those nations got the exact same deal korea, singapore, hongkong, taiwan, kuwait, etc got with the UK and US but they simply slapped (socialist/communist) on it. Economic ideology was pretext.


Except for russia, all the nations that developed in the 20th century served a strategic role for a European benefactor without exception. Hence the puppetry.



@EndDomination as a side note, i also agree with your prior post. Exploitation of another African nation is a viable model. Arguably, Rwanda and Uganda tried this with congo in the 20th century, though they were after materials and not the human capital.

 

[Vandelay]

Simple answer.

Yes.

 

[bucks3115]

If you've never been to an African country, then your take on this is useless. Been to Ghana three times, Nigeria twice, and Gabon and I will tell you that there are many areas in those countries that make America look 3rd world.

Tech has boomed and the health care system there has drastically improved since the past 20 years.

Gotta put South Africa ther
East africa (Kenya are Tanzania) are getting better