JOG wrote on 01/27/25 at 12:41:19:



I hope TC didn't miss that. Hell, I hope no-one missed it.

You said it yourself TC.
The
I want it NOW mentality is a real problem. And YOU are exactly what you are talking about. Take your own advice.

Africa has massive amounts of natural resources. But it’s been entrenched in warfare not just between countries but within countries, warlords, and the such. I know a missionary who spent years in Rwanda, and I also know two families whose daughter went into the Peace Corps and spend time in Africa and according to them, the cultural differences are enormous. Way more and way more entrenched than we can possibly understand here.

I’ve not been there or experienced it myself, but just viewing the history in Africa since I’ve been alive, I’m not sure how they can band together. It would be a monumental achievement of somewhere were able to pull that off.

I feel like the major players in the world have avoided it honestly because there’s lower hanging fruit elsewhere. China has made massive inroads into Latin America (trumps right about China and the panama canal by the way but seemingly have skipped over Africa entirely.

And because they’re so poor and disorganized, anti-human climate, change wackos are determined to keep them inslaved in property forever.

That’s what the point of that article was.

I wonder if it’s accurate to think about large portions of Africa as being somewhat similar to the Indian tribes across North America before “Manifest destiny“.

I don’t know why they were left behind or the entire continent was unable to follow others into the modern world. But the amount of money and resources that has been poured into that continent, just in my lifetime, is staggering, yet I don’t think anybody would say the return on investment has been satisfactory.

JOG wrote on 01/28/25 at 10:26:13:


Eag Zact Lee !!!!!!!

But Shhhhhh,

JOG wrote on 01/28/25 at 10:26:13:


I think it’s just incredibly difficult to break free of cultural norms that have been built and almost ingrained in their DNA that are inherently damaging to their society. Look where Europe and the US & Canada are from a prosperity point of view compared to Latin and South America and then another step down to Africa.

The differences could be explained by a point I made once before which is Christianity in Europe, which then spread to the New World, is most likely the key difference between the development of more civilized and prosperous societies vs those where Christianity wasn’t the dominant religion.

Could that be it? I’d say it’s a high probability.

Yes, you are supposed to believe that. I’ve seen no exact scientific evidence to prove otherwise.

The more I think about it, the more I’m convinced it was the widespread acceptance of Christianity in Europe, and then the US and by default Canada and to a lesser degree Mexico, that allowed prosperity to thrive.