Message from @Kittys
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Second was the old South Africa
"Formerly one of the poorest countries in the world—with a GDP per capita of about US$70 per year in the late 1960s—Botswana has since transformed itself into one of the world's fastest-growing economies. The economy is dominated by mining, cattle, and tourism. Botswana boasts a GDP (purchasing power parity) per capita of about $18,825 per year as of 2015, which is one of the highest in Africa.[11] Its high gross national income (by some estimates the fourth-largest in Africa) gives the country a relatively high standard of living and the highest Human Development Index of continental Sub-Saharan Africa"
Bahamas is more developed than Botswana. Bahamas is basically all black
They're getting their shit together
RELATIVELY high
That means it's a shithole compared to most others outside of Africa
"why are all these African countries the Europeans beat into the stone age in such disarray after centuries of war and colonization"
really activates the ol' almonds
They also have DIAMONDS
Dude why was Rhodesia on the same level as any European country, until Zimbabwe?
Does THAT activate the almonds?
because it was a colony being backed by international powers
Or maybe you've been mentally poisoned
same reason the Gold Coast was so successful
Africa had no literacy until colonization
that's absurd, many african cities were trading hubs through the middle ages
Well damn the white man for fucking that up
In fact were it not for African traders, the Europeans would never have gotten half the shit they did after the fall of the Western Roman Empire
South Korea was a medieval country far more primitive than the North, after decades of war and colonization by Japan
What are they now?
Germany was almost completely annihilated in WW2
because when we want a nation to succeed it will, like Germany, like South Korea, like Japan
China was invaded by Japan twice, the British twice, a handful of other countries also, fought a 21 year civil war and a Japanese invasion at the same time, saw two government systems destroyed, starved to death 10% of its population, all within a 100 year span. And look at them now. And that wasn't white man helping them on their feet.
You can't blame the white man for everything
I don't even know why you're here
I don't blame white people for anything, I'm saying there are a *large* number of reasons why things are the way they are
And none of it has to do with colonialism. Colonies all over the world have done just fine.
but to say that African nations are all dogshit because "lol black people" is ignorant of historical events
African nations are dog shit and it is not because of the white man.
Whatever other reasons there are, it can't be blamed on white people. Some of them have been free for over a century. Ethiopia has never been a colony to my knowledge.
Ethiopia was taken over by IIRC the Portuguese in one of the bloodiest African wars for independence of the 20th century
they suffered massively, women and children were burned by the europeans because they wanted them as a colony
Invaded by Italy in WW2
It was almost as bad as the Belgian Congo
Someone's been to African History class
I studied this like 5 years ago
Sadly you actually believe everything you're told
So have I.
I had to take the same shit in college too
I studied this stuff independently because I was interested in it