12-12-2011, 01:20 AM
It isn't really luck. Those are some of the oldest civilizations on Earth and they had some of the most fertile lands (if they had managed them correctly). Why are they starving and we aren't? Education vs. ignorance and tribalism vs. nationalism. They could never get past the tribal this-is-MY-goat-thing and the I-am-man-you-stay-naked-and-let-me-hump-you-when-I-want-thing. It fucked them and every child born to them.
Could it be fixed? Yep. Not by throwing money at it, though. They need to change how they live. I don't mean the Jesus thing, either, missionaries have been going for hundreds of years. They need to pool their resources, take care of what they have, and not let some fucking warlord with a gun have all the supplies and medicine we send.
The Japanese live on a fucking rock in the middle of the ocean and they do just fine.
Some people here don't have a good life. We need to concentrate on them. They have a chance.
Could it be fixed? Yep. Not by throwing money at it, though. They need to change how they live. I don't mean the Jesus thing, either, missionaries have been going for hundreds of years. They need to pool their resources, take care of what they have, and not let some fucking warlord with a gun have all the supplies and medicine we send.
The Japanese live on a fucking rock in the middle of the ocean and they do just fine.
Some people here don't have a good life. We need to concentrate on them. They have a chance.