Message from @Indigo
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They bought into it because they felt capitalism was colonialism
Then socialism prevented their economies from advancing
....so what happened since then?
present day
Okay this is just excuses and special pleading.
Successful countries are rare. Successful countries can build successful capitalisms.
India is as succesful as it's capitalism
Successful capitalist countries are pretty common
Socialism leads to military dictatorships
50 years of capitalism being unable to unfuck 6 years of thirdworldist maybe socialism isn't a great record.
when india tried to be more socialist, it got burned
Africa doesn't have great leadership
Capitalism can't unfuck Africa
They have governments that are socialist
Which destroyed their prosperity
And often don't want to invite capitalism in
socialism is ingrained into their minds
same with south Americans
If you don't try capitalism capitalism can't save you
This is just notruefeminism
These were literal socialist countries
S ocialists who deny the market aren't true capitalists
Were. Before you were born.
Own the failures and allow some nuance ffs. You might even be right overall.
Own the failures of socialist nations like Zimbabwe ?
Own Cameroon.
Own Comoros.
do they have ethnic crisis
Ancaps lol.
Please explain relevance.
because, it's not the fault of colonialism that they aren't developing now
The economy of Cameroon was one of the most prosperous in Africa for a quarter of a century after independence. The drop in commodity prices for its principal exports —petroleum, cocoa, coffee, and cotton — in the mid-1980s, combined with an overvalued currency and economic mismanagement, led to a decade-long recession. Real per capita GDP fell by more than 60% from 1986 to 1994. The current account and fiscal deficits widened, and foreign debt grew. Yet because of its oil reserves and favorable agricultural conditions, Cameroon still has one of the best-endowed primary commodity economies in sub-Saharan Africa.[15]
doesn't sound the worst
ethnic crisis in africa is not a colonialist construct
I am not blaming colonialism for present day problems
you where a while ago
Recent signs, however, are encouraging. As of March 1998, Cameroon's fifth IMF program — a 3-year enhanced structural adjustment program approved in August 1997 — is on track. Cameroon has rescheduled its Paris Club debt at favorable terms. GDP has grown by about 5% a year beginning in 1995. There is cautious optimism that Cameroon is emerging from its long period of economic hardship.
Thank you capitalism
*Nobody gets to be reeling from socialism any more than one gets to reel from evil whitey colonizer.*
Yeah both are just as dumb an excuse.