Why Does It Take So Long For Some Countries to Evolve?

[DrummerBoy]

Originally Posted by LauraC

Only because it's in the news right now, I was thinking of Haiti and the United States. They both were discovered by Columbus in 1492. If you consider 1492, year 0 for both countries, why is it taking Haiti so much longer to evolve/progress? I'm talking in every way, including technologically. Why do we talk about sending men to the moon and they talk about toilets. You don't even have to compare one country to another country. Look at Iraq and how old they are? Is their civilization really that much different than it was a hundred years ago? Why is Iraq so different from Qatar or Kuwait, for example? I'm thinking some of you might point to differences in resources or wars but look at Israel. They are the only place in the region that doesn't seem to have any oil and they're always involved in war and unrest and yet they have more modern conveniences than some nearby countries that have been in existence a lot longer.

If you're truly interested in why some societies and coutnries "make it" and some don't, all you need to read is Jared Diamond's masterpiece: Guns, Germs, and Steel." This fascinating, excruciatingly-researched book reads like an exciting historical novel, and will tell you all you'll ever need--or want--to know.

[mysticaltyger]

Originally Posted by LauraC

Only because it's in the news right now, I was thinking of Haiti and the United States. They both were discovered by Columbus in 1492. If you consider 1492, year 0 for both countries, why is it taking Haiti so much longer to evolve/progress? I'm talking in every way, including technologically. Why do we talk about sending men to the moon and they talk about toilets. You don't even have to compare one country to another country. Look at Iraq and how old they are? Is their civilization really that much different than it was a hundred years ago? Why is Iraq so different from Qatar or Kuwait, for example? I'm thinking some of you might point to differences in resources or wars but look at Israel. They are the only place in the region that doesn't seem to have any oil and they're always involved in war and unrest and yet they have more modern conveniences than some nearby countries that have been in existence a lot longer.

I found the following link to be an interesting answer to this question:


Saint Germain, (http://www.askrealjesus.com/AAGA/H_CURRENTEVENTS/NATIONS/colombia.html - broken link)

The short answer is that it depends on the collective mindsets of the poeple in each nation. I think in countries where people insist on staying stuck in the same old mindset that isn't working end up creating impoverished and war torn countries.

[jtur88]

Originally Posted by mysticaltyger

I found the following link to be an interesting answer to this question:


Saint Germain, (http://www.askrealjesus.com/AAGA/H_CURRENTEVENTS/NATIONS/colombia.html - broken link)

The short answer is that it depends on the collective mindsets of the poeple in each nation. I think in countries where people insist on staying stuck in the same old mindset that isn't working end up creating impoverished and war torn countries.

There are very few countries in the past few centuries in which "the people" in each nation had anything to do with it.