being the last to finish a race doesn't mean much.Obtuse means what?
Don't be a dikkhead
http://www.worldbank.org/en/news/pr...foundation-for-achieving-middle-income-status
We're talking about the singular country that was the poster for poverty and famine in the modern world becoming a middle income nation sooner than later, increasing its GDP 93% in 6 years. That's a big fukking deal. Without finding any new resources which makes it seem more sustainable in the long term. If Somalia was growing like Ethiopia, and safe like her too, I would live there and not here in literally a moments notice.
They get props for the advances they've made though.
But again you're being disingenuous.

) wasn't much on foresight. He made a lot of crucial errors in that era that really shaped the next 15 years. IT was ambitious but stupid.



They can't quantify the perfect life so they hate on alternatives like that because it makes their wealth worship seem futile. This line of thinking and insecurity goes back to Weber and the Pilgrims. 

