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Lessons from Africa: Why is Africa poor?
Stossel TV ^ | September 3, 2019 | John Stossel

Posted on 09/04/2019 7:41:45 PM PDT by Petrosius

Video at link.


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government
KEYWORDS: africa
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To: posterchild
Agreed. See my tag line. I'm sick to death of badly produced, badly scripted, shaky, blurred videos that are 5 minutes of intro and BS, and 30 seconds of barely visible content, the meat of which I could have read in less than 30 seconds.

Not saying this video is that, but just sayin' . . .

61 posted on 09/05/2019 3:28:52 AM PDT by Hardastarboard (Three most annoying words on the internet - "Watch the video")
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To: txnativegop

yes!! I have a bunch of Africans living with one employed white guy in the house behind ours.
NONE of the Africans work. They hold court on the back deck all day long. They all have phones, of course.


62 posted on 09/05/2019 3:29:01 AM PDT by ronniesgal (so I wonder what his FR handle is????)
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To: aquila48

The American black average IQ is higher than Africa’s, because most American blacks are a mix of black and white.


63 posted on 09/05/2019 3:36:40 AM PDT by SauronOfMordor (Socialists want YOUR wealth redistributed, never THEIRS!)
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To: Petrosius

We have imposed a highly skilled technological society/culture on most of the world. It’s evolution and advancements are the result of Caucasian ingenuity in Europe and its outposts. Its not in the DNA of many of those who replace this population to thrive, either culturally or technologically, without this leadership.


64 posted on 09/05/2019 3:44:14 AM PDT by grania ("We're all just pawns in their game")
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To: Grampa Dave

Just look at the examples of where the rats today want to take America


65 posted on 09/05/2019 4:00:23 AM PDT by ronnie raygun (nicdip.com)
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To: Petrosius

Because Whitey steals money from them, won’t let them build an industrial society, doesn’t send doctors there to teach them to avoid disease, prevents them from reading books and going to school and never sends money as foreign aid?

Or is it because their governments are corrupt and keep all the foreign aid?


66 posted on 09/05/2019 4:38:49 AM PDT by I want the USA back (The further a society drifts from the truth, the more it will hate those who speak it. Orwell.)
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To: Lurker

67 posted on 09/05/2019 4:39:29 AM PDT by Travis McGee (EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: aquila48

See 67.


68 posted on 09/05/2019 4:40:21 AM PDT by Travis McGee (EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: Travis McGee

You have a gift for summing things up very succinctly.

Thanks,

L


69 posted on 09/05/2019 4:42:35 AM PDT by Lurker (Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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To: SauronOfMordor
"The American black average IQ is higher than Africa’s, because most American blacks are a mix of black and white."

I don't know how you'd conclude that.

Most people in America are exposed to better education, a culture that encourages literacy, a wealth of knowledge, Western ways, etc.

I don't think illiterate people score well on IQ tests.

70 posted on 09/05/2019 5:06:34 AM PDT by MV=PY (The Magic Question: Who's paying for it?)
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To: Lurker

Kim du Toit’s great article, Let Africa Sink.

He’s originally from South Africa, watched it turn to crap. So his word on it is from first-hand experience.

Thanks for posting that link.


71 posted on 09/05/2019 5:26:58 AM PDT by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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To: NFHale

My pleasure.

Enjoy your day.

L


72 posted on 09/05/2019 5:28:57 AM PDT by Lurker (Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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To: Petrosius

I have read that in recent years sub sahara africa has some of the highest growth rates in the world.


73 posted on 09/05/2019 5:55:27 AM PDT by ckilmer
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To: Petrosius
It is a mystery to me why Africa is so poor because according to leftist historians all of America's wealth was built by Africans. /S
It seems like the only place Africans can't build wealth is Africa.
74 posted on 09/05/2019 6:26:04 AM PDT by Kid Shelleen (Beat your plowshares into swords. Let the weak say I am strong)
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To: Windflier
I'm familiar with the ones in the SoCal and Dallas areas. I hear the ones outside Atlanta are even wealthier.

I've read that Atlanta is doing quite well, and Tyler Perry is making money hand over fist. His movies long ago broke into the mainstream, attracting large numbers of white audience members. He is also a religious Christian man, and I and others applaud his efforts as well as those of other entrepreneurs in Atlanta.

75 posted on 09/05/2019 8:03:53 AM PDT by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no oither sovereignty.")
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To: posterchild

Maybe for Africans who can’t read?


76 posted on 09/05/2019 8:06:15 AM PDT by GOPJ (CNN's Lawrence O'Donnell rapes 5 year old boys and his Mom's a whore. IF true a bombshell story.)
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To: Petrosius

No Puritans.


77 posted on 09/05/2019 9:36:50 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: gaijin
Cuz in the end, when there’s no property rights?

Brings Chief Bill of the DeBlasio tribe to mind...

"There's plenty of money. It's just in the wrong hands."

The issue commonly framed as 'Capitalism or Socialism,' isn't. So-called economists and other 'intellectuals,' benefit their agenda by muddling the issue.

We are sovereign individuals with inalienable rights, or we are subjects of a sovereign State with privileges as suit the current needs of the State. There's no middle ground...and I've observed property rights seem to be the first to go.

78 posted on 09/05/2019 10:06:30 AM PDT by gogeo (The left prides themselves on being tolerant, but they can't even be civil.)
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To: Petrosius

Collary question:

Why is Baltimore so poor

Baltimore is Africanized

Poitical analysis


79 posted on 09/05/2019 10:08:43 AM PDT by bert ( (KE. NP. N.btyC. +12) Progressives are existential American enemies)
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To: gogeo
We are sovereign individuals with inalienable rights, or we are subjects of a sovereign State with privileges as suit the current needs of the State. There's no middle ground...and I've observed property rights seem to be the first to go.

You got it. The real divide is between those who think that individuals have personal rights to what they produce, versus those who think that individuals are the property of the Group (State/Party/Tribe/whatever), who are obligated to do as the Group demands of them.

80 posted on 09/05/2019 10:13:26 AM PDT by PapaBear3625 ("Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities." -- Voltaire)
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