Comment on Why are so many countries in the world “developing” and poor, while essentially only Western countries have a high standard of living?

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richieadler@lemmy.myserv.one ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

And the reductive stupid answer is just yelling colonialism.

Most of those reasons, that are very real, are explicitly derived of colonialism.

For instance:

All this, of course, is supported by years of colonial teachings after which the people in the “developing” countries despise themselves and look up to the powerful countries as inherently superior, even morally.

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