MIT Study Reveals Why Africa Is Still Poor

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Africa is the poorest continent in the world. There are, as always, a lot of factors to consider as to why that is the case, but recently Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson from MIT have released a study detailing the surprising bigger factors in why Africa still struggles to build wealth despite massive amounts of incoming aid and charity work trying to improve the lives of people there. So what are the reasons why much of Africa can't seem to get out of poverty?
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@donovan5656 3 ай бұрын

I moved to Kenya for a job, curious about living on the continent. I thought I understood corruption, but corruption in Africa is on a whole other level.

@taivalmaa2251 3 ай бұрын

can you give some examples or something?

@Holysimba21 3 ай бұрын

When Moi stole EuroBond over 3B$. NYS Scandal Ann waiguru I mean there's a lot I can't even finish@@taivalmaa2251

@FireJach 3 ай бұрын

2000 years of corruption?

@hydromic2518 3 ай бұрын

@@taivalmaa2251just look up state capture in South Africa

@hydromic2518 3 ай бұрын

I would agree but corruption can be just as bad in rich countries.

@lasharael 3 ай бұрын

"Adoption of the wheel was limited in Africa, because Africa was ruled by regional kings with unchecked authority, unlike Europe." is a hilariously out of pocket "theory."

@happyjack8613 Ай бұрын

They still carry stuff on their heads like they don't even know what a brain is for. Why wouldn't they fail?

@euanstokes2828 Ай бұрын

@@happyjack8613 because wheels don't work very well in the rough, humid terrain of central Africa. We can see from toys that Africans absolutely understood the concept of the wheel, it's just that in Africa carrying by hand, using pack animals and especially using boats was far more efficient.

@osassabi2202 Ай бұрын

The whole video just reeks of ignorance and lazy research

@shawnmendrek3544 Ай бұрын

@@euanstokes2828 After watching documentaries from Africa, I have to agree with you.

@jghifiversveiws8729 Ай бұрын

@@happyjack8613 It's orders of magnitude easier to just carry something on your head or on your animal or on a boat than to drag a wheelbarrow through uneven heavily-forested muddy or rocky terrain. Why are you being so dense?

@kabangashakankale393 Ай бұрын

The lack of critical engagement with the quoted paper is glaring

@dimieneyitemi1721 Ай бұрын

Yup clearly this video is just a cash grab, uncaring for the foolish and outdated belief systems it puts on display to the public.

@AxiomaticAssumptions 17 күн бұрын

Honestly his channel has been this way for years. It's low effort low quality trash wrapped up to look smart when it's not. It's just enough usually to convince his viewership that he knows what he's talking about.

@rusbea.2279 8 күн бұрын

@@AxiomaticAssumptionsyet somehow you’ve followed according to yourself “for years” !?

@AxiomaticAssumptions 8 күн бұрын

@@rusbea.2279 i come back every now and then to check, sometimes compare information and ideas. thing is though despite the fact his information can be very wrong it does change how people think, he does not have a small sphere of influence and I think its good to keep tabs on where people get their info if you can.

@danielarchila738 3 ай бұрын

Why is Africa Poor? Thumbnail: Not What You Think Video: Exactly what you thought

@kurtcampher4716 3 ай бұрын

LOL

@guest6398 3 ай бұрын

MIT is advocating genocide.

@blackmancer 3 ай бұрын

@@rayguistina3314 People who annoy you.....

@WarpRulez 3 ай бұрын

@@rayguistina3314 All that has a more fundamental underlying reason: Culture. The prevailing customs and way of thinking that people are brought up to and what they learn from their own society. The amount of greed and corruption within the peoples of a nation varies enormously from nation to nation, and this is not something that's something innate. It's something that people learn, grow up into, by learning from and emulating other people in their surrounding society. In other words, the prevailing culture of the country. If everybody they grow up with is selfish, greedy and corrupt, then you instinctively learn from them, start emulating them, and become greedy and corrupt yourself. (In a twisted way, it makes a kind of sense: "Why should I be honest and fair, as this only leads to everybody taking advantage of me and screwing me over at every turn?" In a twisted way it kind of acts as a form of self-defense mechanism. You won't be taken advantage of if you, too, are as greedy and corrupt as everybody else.) The only way to change this is to change the prevailing culture. But that's not something that can just be done overnight. You can't just go there and force people to change their upbringing at gunpoint.

@Trueblood_Enod 3 ай бұрын

@@rayguistina3314 I disagree absolutely.

@wassafshahzad8618 Ай бұрын

Did you guys even read the study your quoting?

@bryanb2653 Ай бұрын

Fr they got everything absolutely wrong and spreading misinformation “how economic explained gets African history wrong” does a good job clarifying

@napomoloi4197 Ай бұрын

No they didn’t . They just skimmed through

@malcolmjwebster 23 күн бұрын

@@napomoloi4197 Where is the difference? economics.mit.edu/sites/default/files/publications/Why%20is%20Africa%20Poor.pdf

@DemonZest 19 күн бұрын

Did you ? Where is the counter argument ?

@bryanb2653 17 күн бұрын

@@DemonZest literally take a sec

@xkaiokenx10 Ай бұрын

I recommend viewers watch Soma Academy’s video covering why what EE says in this video is incorrect and not factual in regards to African history and historical economics. I don’t blame EE for not knowing African history as it is not his domain, but she really debunks his misconceptions here.

@Muzikman127 3 күн бұрын

I do blame EE: they make videos with millions of views, on important topics, for profit. You actually have a moreal responsibility to do your homework and not propogate lazy misinformation imo. And this is a recurring problem too. But that's me, maybe I'd be bad at being a youtuber lol

@MorganBrown 3 ай бұрын

The video drones in the background while I feast on comments 😂

@plumbthumbs9584 Ай бұрын

nom nom nom.

@tobi9466 Ай бұрын

Weirdos

@sisiphomzinzi6847 12 күн бұрын

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@SigurdVolsung 3 ай бұрын

The irony of an Australian saying bad farmland and geographic isolation made Africa poor...

@earth9531 3 ай бұрын

we all know the real reason. ZA seemed to do just fine in the less politically correct era.

@MohamedAli-nf1rp 3 ай бұрын

@@earth9531 what is ZA

@marlontharusha5171 3 ай бұрын

@@MohamedAli-nf1rpSouth Africa....but I'm not sure of how they're fine

@ayde92829 3 ай бұрын

@@earth9531South Africa has the worst gini coeff of any country in the world. Before apartheid, there was a huge wealth gap which obfuscated the overwhelming poverty that was widespread. This has not changed: it’s just slightly less determined by race.

@omuzzish6324 3 ай бұрын

You can't compare Africa with Australia because it's less populated and has abundant resources that share with just 25 million people.

@Fadbangles 3 ай бұрын

Residing in Zambia, Africa, for the past 30 years, I've never experienced conflict or war. It's rare to even see a police officer with a gun where I'm from. My realization is that it's corruption that continues to impede our progress and perpetuate poverty. Until our leaders prioritize the development of our nations over personal gain, obstacles to progress will persist. While external forces significantly contribute to corruption, which further reduces access to resources and capital that we need for development we must eventually take responsibility for addressing and combating these issues.

@1wun1 3 ай бұрын

Did life for the average not improve in those 30 years?

@IK_MK 3 ай бұрын

@@1wun1 yesnt

@E3ECO 3 ай бұрын

Yep. It's always corruption at the heart of economic failure. Just ask Russia.

@derekgarvin6449 3 ай бұрын

I wish i could offer you and your country more than good luck. I'm not sure anyone knows how to break the cycle. I mean, what are normal people supposed to do against widespread corruption?

@obsideonyx7604 3 ай бұрын

Remove middlemen, remove corruption. Corruption is a symptom of too many middlemen, they get tempted by the chance to take advantage of their gatekeeper position.

@RANDALLBRIGGS 2 ай бұрын

The graphic at 13:43 is misleading. Only about 10% of enslaved Africans went to the "13 colonies" in North America. The vast majority went to South America and the West Indies.

@virgilius7036 2 ай бұрын

...and islamic world !

@alexneigh7089 2 ай бұрын

Actually, the figure transported to NA was 400K for the whole duration of the trans-Atlantic transportation period, out of the total of ca 14 mln.

@NeFO-bd7bi 2 ай бұрын

People forget slavery was everywhere and that the Arab world actually brought slaves from Africa for a longer period of time than the Americas did. Slave markets were there until the 1960s.

@MNIU_ Ай бұрын

@@alexneigh7089??? That doesn’t mean it’s not 10%

@danstewart2770 Ай бұрын

Mauritania was the last nation to outlaw slavery-that was in 1983. But, the anti-slavery laws are loosely enforced, and slavery is still widespread-as it is in other similarly situated African countries.

@maddoglep2127 3 ай бұрын

About 20 years ago a (white) work colleague cycled from the UK to the very south of South Africa. He wrote a book about his experiences. ''Why Africa will never win the World Cup.'' Although he met some good people on the way he encountered endless corruption. Almost every border crossing involved some form of bribe. He got arrested in Zimbabwe because he foolishly cycled past Mugabe's Palace. A kindly Police Sergeant allowed him to leave in the dead of night with the advice; ''get over the border asap.'' He set off with optimism but returned sadly chastened.

@stoonookw 2 ай бұрын

I wonder if their taxes are lower than the US, which would make bribes their taxes

@antoy384 2 ай бұрын

The palace road was probably the best road of that town, to his credit.

@greenwave819 2 ай бұрын

Africa will however win plenty of world cups... might not be soon, yet it will happen

@TROGULAR10000 2 ай бұрын

Nothing against cycling long distances and across borders as I've done it myself but I can't think of a better way of flaunting Western ways than going for a multi-national cycling exploit in Africa, where almost no one does that except perhaps a handful of Westerners with a definite apetite for risk and no concept of what it means to be white in Africa. Also, no concept of what it means to do highly noticeable things that locals would never do, which applies to anywhere in the world. I know of two cases of white guys cycling Africa with the obvious exact same results. It's just a stupid insensitive thing to do as a white guy.

@zephsmith3499 2 ай бұрын

@@TROGULAR10000 This sounds like a distraction. He describes the endless corruption they found in governments across a continent (which he could have just as observed by other modes of transportation, not just bicycling), and then you respond by calling cycling through Africa a "stupid insensitive thing to do". So the smart, sensitive thing to do would be to avoid Africa, and thereby not encounter the corruption which locals have no choice but to endure? Somehow it's the "insensitive" cyclists' fault that Africa is what it is today?

@Daniel-rp7nb 3 ай бұрын

Tagline is “not what you think” - but it’s corruption and leadership - exactly what people think, no?

@saaah707 3 ай бұрын

No. Ask "why" are corruption and leadership a problem? Is there some underlying reason for it?

@jeandutoit1413 3 ай бұрын

@@saaah707 Don't dig any deeper. The answer is not politically correct, and must never be spoken of.

@mementovivere2 3 ай бұрын

@@jeandutoit1413It's not politically correct to point out the effects of colonialism?

@rllapte 3 ай бұрын

@@jeandutoit1413 In a nutshell. Intellectual dishonesty is the most destructive form of corruption.

@loganmedia1142 3 ай бұрын

@@saaah707 Tribalism is one reason. Europe had it too. Still does to a fair extent, but after slaughtering each other for a thousand years they've grudgingly decided to co-operate a bit.

@gamej7946 3 ай бұрын

I live in Ghana and what I've realized was the missed opportunity when Nkrumah was overthrown. He had his way of steering through the obstacles of international affairs. He created a lot of factories that collapsed after his overthrow. The problem now we face is the devaluing of the cedi against the dollar which makes costs go high because we mostly import with the dollar. Our exports, unfortunately, don't exceed our import demand and so the cedi continuously depreciates. Ghana needs to do more exports and it is challenging because we need to find the market for our products. Worst of all, most of our products exist in other countries and so penetration is costly as a lot of money has to go into expensive marketing.

@GB-ez6ge 3 ай бұрын

Kwame suffered the same fate as other intellectuals turned leaders like Trotsky who was outmuscled by Stalin. I've been to Ghana about ten times but only during Jerry John who did what he could but, as technically a coup leader, international cooperation was difficult. "Africa Must Unite!" -- KN

@darth3911 3 ай бұрын

@@GB-ez6geTrotsky and Stalin are not the best examples as they almost completely agreed on everything except one detail. That being whether it was time to export communism to the world or continue to solidify its growth within Russia. Trotsky wanted to go on an offensive war and bring communism to all of Europe while Stalin did not. That’s literally the only major difference in their ideology.

@GB-ez6ge 3 ай бұрын

@@darth3911 Please read what I wrote before commenting. It does not state that Stalin was an example. The "example" (really, metaphor) was Trotsky, in his capacity as an intellectual. Their political views and actions are irrelevant to one being an intellectual and the other being forceful. (Whatever their disagreements, Stalin thought them severe enough to assassinate Trotsky while exiled in Mexico.)

@Pedgo1986 3 ай бұрын

But why it collapsed? I don't know reason but it baffled me few years ago and i don't remember country but they decided kick out white farmers but they didn't take over and work fields for whatever reason and result was famine.

@rexadebayo3380 3 ай бұрын

I can bet you 1k dollars that the CIA had a hand in the overthrow of Nkrumah. The same Americans who destroy our best leaders gather themselves in their ivory towers (which they built with ivory they stole from us) to discuss why we are poor. Insult to injury! Why is every nation around America that is not dominated by Caucasians, war torn and poor? Why is Mexico poor? Why is Panama poor? Why is Columbia poor? Why is America so rich and everyone else so poor? Americans shouldn't be talking about other peoples poverty. Their government is the cause of a lot of it.

@dontbeasheeple5883 3 ай бұрын

I work in Algeria, where the amount of red tape to get the simplest of tasks completed means that the simplest of tasks usually don't get completed.

@hrthrhs 2 ай бұрын

That's interesting. Too much Red Tape I find is almost always overlooked when assessing the struggles of many industries and in Algeria case as you say, the struggles of nations.

@gerassimos.fourlanos 2 ай бұрын

@@hrthrhs bureaucracy, which is directly linked with poor quality of normative frameworks (i.e., poor quality of legislation) is always overlooked by economists, probably because the price that we all pay for red tape is incalculable, it has to do mostly with lost opportunities, while economists want to see measurable and quantifiable losses/profits. High time, perhaps, to engage a little more in qualitative analysis.

@rincwind666 2 ай бұрын

If i had to guess, this means you're not paying the baksheesh to get things done

@Foolish188 2 ай бұрын

Where would the money to pay bureaucrats come from if it wasn't for red tape.

@dontbeasheeple5883 Ай бұрын

@@rincwind666 baksheesh isn't a thing in my industry

@osraneslipy Ай бұрын

The reason is obvious, the African people are not sharing enough motivational quotes on FB.

@stagecoachmechanic 3 ай бұрын

I am from Botswana. It's all true. We're winning. Things really work. Not perfect, but it works. There's a very clear upwards mobility, complimented by our fairly functional education and justice system. I love my country man, and I lived in the States for most of my 20s.

@Craicfox161 3 ай бұрын

A great example for the rest of the continent. Africa has so much potential 🙏

@MomsRavioli 3 ай бұрын

@@Craicfox161 Only a few thousand years more guys!

@ArawnOfAnnwn 3 ай бұрын

@@Craicfox161 One very big asterisk has to be placed next to Botswana as an example of what other African countries should strive for. Botswana is a huge outlier when it comes to demographics in Africa, more than 75% of Botswana's citizens are Batswana, it is literally the land of the Tswanas. Plus they were never really colonized in the traditional sense of the word, the British didn't conquer them and the agreement to make it a protectorate came after the rulers conflicts against the Boers encroaching on their land, and fortunately the British were also fighting the Boers at that time so the Tswanas basically became an important ally to the British in keeping order as well as the Boers under control, so not only did the core leadership structure never fall apart and lose legitimacy, one could argue it gained more legitimacy even after the British left, which made it impossible for any legitimate challengers to power. This is the same reason why the only truly stable countries in the Middle east are all Monarchies, because that's the best way to maintain stability. With that stability, even if it was poor the first few decades after independence, the country developed with the few resources it had. So, in summary, Botswana had three very important things going for it, that IMO, no other Sub-Saharan African country has - Stability, a strong and legitimate leadership structure and well-maintained, strong institutions arising therein.

@isaachaley2112 3 ай бұрын

Rwanda has decent stability and low crime today, and I would say has one of the best chances in Africa@ArawnOfAnnwn

@ArawnOfAnnwn 3 ай бұрын

I should add that Botswana's history also lends itself towards democracy much more easily. There was never an absolute ruler, only one with the buy-in of the various tribal chiefs. In some ways it could even be compared to the Holy Roman Empire, albeit that comparison is reaching. Point being that it historically didn't lend itself to full-on tyranny.

@magnusdanielsson2749 3 ай бұрын

”corruption have been known to happen” was a understatement if I ever heard one 😅

@calicoesblue4703 3 ай бұрын

Actually Colonism, have you seen what France has being doing in Africa???

@jaewok5G 3 ай бұрын

@@calicoesblue4703 is it as bad as what africans have been going to france? france hasn't been influential since napoleon died.

@calicoesblue4703 3 ай бұрын

@@jaewok5G Is it as bad as how Europeans have been doing to all of Africa???

@jaewok5G 3 ай бұрын

@@calicoesblue4703 where? in a given year 10x as many people leave africa as arrive.

@terjehansen0101 3 ай бұрын

@@calicoesblue4703 You said the same thing again. Who do you think you are ? Answer questions instead of trying to mock people when you have no skills.

@Tespri 3 ай бұрын

Different ethnic groups is just poor excuse. Reminder... Most European countries are made out of different tribes who used to fight each others in the past.

@waithakakangethe6549 2 ай бұрын

For context, there are only 87 ethnic groups in the whole of Europe. A considerable part of European history has been wars between those groups. In fact, before the start of the Russia-Ukraine war, Europe had been experiencing the longest period of peace and stability (and that's due in part to nuclear weapons). And that's because only 87 ethnic groups could not agree on a lot of things. In Nigeria, there are 371 ethnic groups. Imagine the level of disagreement all that deiversity would have on one country let alone a whole continent. You somehow have to find a way to make all those ethnic groups feel included all else there will be trouble.

@Tespri 2 ай бұрын

@@waithakakangethe6549 More than that. They just became more united. Finland for example has loads of different tribes and they all identify as Finnish. Not just that, but before the "era of peace" for almost 100-years. Europe was still prosperous and filled with highly advanced societies. In fact it's argued that reason why we were ahead of others is precisely because we had conflicts among ourselves. But you need to ask yourself... why are people in Below Sahara so racists that they can't tolerate each otehrs? ;)

@TreyDeuce109 2 ай бұрын

It's poverty. Why so poor? Legacy of colonialism. Between resource extraction, continuing "soft colonialism", and lacking infrastructure, we had the rise of rampant corruption among a few and with substantially less economic upward mobility for the masses.

@TreyDeuce109 2 ай бұрын

@@Tespri Clearly you've forgotten your history. Look at how poorly the English treated the Irish, Welsh, and Scottish. Even when they came to the US, that same tribalism persisted. "Irish/Italian Need Not Apply" signs were still in store fronts in the early 20th century. And how are you defining "racist" when you're talking about what I assume you believe to be peoples of the same "race".

@Tespri 2 ай бұрын

@@TreyDeuce109 excuses. Loads of previous colonial countries, even recent ones that are flourishing. Best counter to your argument is... South Africa. IT was on same level as western nations until certain group got into power. Now they figured out how to time travel entire country before white men visited there ;)

@nielsdybro9759 Ай бұрын

One comment that stood out in the video but did not get enough attention was that in Botswana they have "stable well defined property rights". Without that, you will have a difficult time accessing the financial market, since property is often the initial source of collateral you can offer in exchange for a loan to more rapidly improve your situation in life. Corruption, underdeveloped infrastructure, and thereby limited access to efficient markets, as well as free exchange of ideas and education is missing in many place, mainly because of corruption and corrupt leaders. Leaders with a well developed moral compass is likely the one thing that has to come first for this crazy cycle of bad outcomes to end.

@RuiEspinha 3 ай бұрын

Nice vídeo but I missed the point. Is the ground breaking MIT conclusion that countries with less stable or robust institutions are harder to develop? The video is called "MIT Study reveals why Africa is still poor" and then kinda reveals what everyone already knows.

@PM2022 3 ай бұрын

The only 'groundbreaking' thing about that study would have been that it was produced by MIT profs...

@ththim7785 3 ай бұрын

The Berlin conference and the doctrine of discovery. Still in effect!!

@Ludo045 3 ай бұрын

@@ththim7785 mUh wItE fAuLt While having the most backward culture in the world

@TebogoMotlhale 3 ай бұрын

Howwwwwww did you arrive at the word "EVERYONE" ?? are you literally implying that "EVERRRRYONE ALREADY knows, including 13 year old kids and 17 year old kids" ??

@WiseOwl_1408 3 ай бұрын

@@TebogoMotlhaleno babies and infants didn't know. You are the smartest troon around

@JustSomeWeirdo 3 ай бұрын

Better help has been a known scam for a while, they keep getting in trouble but fines are cheap to pay off rather than raise their business practices.

@halfwaysleet 3 ай бұрын

Yep very shady. I'm glad i have sponsorblock

@TheWolfXCIX 3 ай бұрын

EE also promoted Masterworks which is another known scam. They don't care about their audience.

@friendlyfire7861 3 ай бұрын

And there is zero chance he actually uses it. Just a lie like the rest of this video.

@Shajirr_ 2 ай бұрын

Seems like they expanded their advertisement massively. I hear about this scam everywhere now.

@BigBADSTUFF69 2 ай бұрын

it's not really a scam, they did have shady practices but it's not like they didn't offer people therapy and it's still cheaper than therapy generally is out of pocket.

@pete4043 9 күн бұрын

I can't believe the comment section isn't closed on this one.

@Chavagnatze 3 ай бұрын

There are no easily navigable rivers in on the continent of Africa other than the Nile River. All the developed nations and continents have major transportation of goods via rivers. The wheel requires good roads and will easily get stuck in non-ideal conditions. The bearing and structure of the wheel are hard to make. Animals are better at traversing harsh or muddy trails.

@ItsHatlolOfficial 3 ай бұрын

I'm a simple man, I see Betterhelp, I click dislike.

@ramr7051 3 ай бұрын

Good that not everyone has forgotten this

@InCognito-vx8gi 3 ай бұрын

Based

@oyo4629 3 ай бұрын

Glad to see someone with a functioning brain

@Horible4 3 ай бұрын

And he still gets his resources from MIT lol

@Smitty_Werbenjagermanjenson 3 ай бұрын

I recommend using sponsorblock then

@africadreamin 3 ай бұрын

As an agricultural engineer working at ground level since 1978 with government institutions both ministerial and research the greatest problem that many African countries suffer from is the lack of skills, engineers tend to be desk-bound with little or no practical skills, artisans acquire skills but never seem to develop them, content to keep reproducing the same item year after year. This can best be seen in the craft sector where high-quality items are the exception, not the rule, most crafts are rudimentary lacking detail or finish. Research institutions produce products that already exist in the marketplace of better quality and at a lower price but are kept alive by governments to show they do research however they are never subject to an audit so it is impossible to access their contribution to the national economy.

@Websitedesignersshop 3 ай бұрын

i couldnt agree more

@kofig5519 3 ай бұрын

Well said

@arewecrazyyet 3 ай бұрын

So real entrepreneurship and innovation would help solve the issues?

@PEDROSOARESALVES 3 ай бұрын

@@arewecrazyyetYeah the government don't encourage them enough to be an entrepreneur nor prepares for capitalism

@falseprogress 3 ай бұрын

You mean lack of intelligence to practice higher skills, don't you?

@denismundere1165 2 ай бұрын

I loved this video and the interview with Professor Daron Acemoglu. Would it be possible to do a video/podcast on the country of Kenya? I hear a lot of people talking about how great it is economically, however, as who lives in the US but was born in Kenya and his family there, I do still see plenty of economic woes. Also I'm hearing that recent developments are now stifling investments in the country. I would love any insights your team could shed on its current situation.

@bryanb2653 Ай бұрын

This video is extremely incorrect in every way search up “how economic explained gets African history wrong” this video I actually missinformation

@elijahforsyth2332 2 ай бұрын

Love the 4x strategy gaming references, and the cheeky aussie mate at the end

@kmlgraph 3 ай бұрын

Tribalism is also probably one of the biggest challenges holding back Africa. Dictators on down to regional governors and lowly civil servants are more likely to help their tribe than help the overall population or national interest.

@trollingisasport 3 ай бұрын

from what I heard from my friend who's from Ghana, this seems to be the problem there. the local leaders will make ridiculous laws making life difficult

@RobespierreThePoof 3 ай бұрын

That's an old post-colonial problem. It's still present but this criticism is often overused to explain away problems, even in nations which have been modernizing quite a bit - where's it is really doubtful whether these inter-ethnic biases are really still a major factor. I would be careful not to generalize about it. Especially since this particular criticism has its origins in European colonialist excuses for "why the Africans can't govern themselves.". That's not what you seem to be saying, but I promise you others still do on occasion. The other colonial trope that has an ounce of truth to it, but gets overused? "It's a problem with the culture.". Most people recognize what's wrong with that one. (Uhh. Which culture? Where?) 😊 Even if tribalism of "culture" is a barrier in some places, the way out of that is to build strong institutions and traditions of governance and civil society.

@TASCOLP 3 ай бұрын

I think the biggest problem is the transfer of value. If the value that a country produces through unequal exchange (the main mechanism of value transfer, but by no means the only one) is constantly flowing out of their economy, they simply lack the resources necessary for economic development. What flows back in the form of foreign aid is only a fraction of what flows out. The production of many African countries is at the beginning of the value chain, the least profitable part of the chain. However, the big profits are only realised in the final processing steps and the final sale.

@kuwa333 3 ай бұрын

@@RobespierreThePoof lol always blaming colonialists won't do you good, look at Southeast Asia, they were colonized the longest by foreign powers but they're thriving economically.

@LiamHunt 3 ай бұрын

Also true of the middle east. I lived in Iraq for a while and everyone said the same thing - the new democratic institutions are basically just proxies for the tribes and clans to compete with one another, while the old dictatorship allowed them to unite under common interests. Although the younger generation, and especially the Kurds and minority groups, despise Saddam, they are very nostgalic for the old autocracy.

@wolfy8006 3 ай бұрын

“Why nations fall” is one of the most interesting book I’ve ever read. Glad you guys made a video dedicated to his paper.

@djVania08 3 ай бұрын

Is it? Why? :)

@loneIyboy15 3 ай бұрын

IQ and the Wealth of Nations

@SignalCorps1 3 ай бұрын

So is Guns, Germs, and Steal. Both amazing reads

@JLchevz 3 ай бұрын

Me too

@someguy5977 3 ай бұрын

I read "Cows, Pigs, Wars, and Witches" a little over 20 years ago and I still remember the point the author made about cultures and why they do things.

@hb9145 3 ай бұрын

If colonialism made Africa poor, Ethiopia and Liberia (never really colonies) would be among the most wealthy countries in Africa, while (heavily colonized) countries like Algeria and South Africa should be among the poorest. Let's take a look at GDP per capita: Team non-colony: Ethiopia is 26th in Africa Liberia is 44th in Africa Team former colony: Algeria is 9th in Africa South Africa is 7th in Africa As we can see, two of the most colonized countries are much wealthier than the two countries that never was a colony. Therefore, the idea that colonization created poverty is not supported by plain facts.

@cameronashford5744 2 ай бұрын

You only look at two countries that were colonised: One was colonised so much, that europeans started living there, taking over and creating apartheid which still has left many traces up to this day. The other country is in Northern Africa and has a stronger tie to Europe, even though I am not too sure of its history. Instead of looking at the two cases Liberia and Ethiopia, how about we look at the other 52 other countries that were colonised and their GDP per capita. Africa is a continent and each individual country may have its own reasons for underdevelopment of course. However drawing such general and dangerous conclusions like colonisation was good for African countries is twisting the facts, spreading misinformation and is giving white saviour and victim blaming. Of course it wasn't only colonisation but saying it didn't play a big role would be very wrong.

@mcboat3467 2 ай бұрын

@@cameronashford5744Liberia was colony of USA ngl. USA purposefully suppressed them

@punishedksen9135 2 ай бұрын

People don't want to discuss the fact that Africa simply has a human capital issue.

@Hastdupech8509 2 ай бұрын

@@punishedksen9135Let's discuss neocolonialism first

@Hastdupech8509 2 ай бұрын

Colonialism comprises neocolonialism too, but ok I guess. Yall feel so attacked personally that aren't even capable of accepting that, yes, maybe these phenomena left a huge trace that partly explains Africa's situation still to these days

@tberry79 3 ай бұрын

Summation: it’s always somebody else’s fault, never the fault of the people that are actually there running it.

@gtbigdog3507 3 ай бұрын

That’s what I got out of it.

@enricodellamonica5145 3 ай бұрын

to be more precise: it's always white people's fault.

@jayg1438 2 ай бұрын

sounds familiar

@therealistseb6597 2 ай бұрын

Say it louder!

@mehmetvurkac7651 2 ай бұрын

If I do something heinously wrong, the long-term consequences of that thing would mainly be be my fault, not nearly as much the fault of the people who suffered the damage.

@ricaard6959 3 ай бұрын

One very big asterisk has to be placed next to Botswana as an example of what other African countries should strive for. Botswana is a huge outlier when it comes to demographics in Africa, more than 75% of Botswana's citizens are Batswana, it is literally the land of the Tswanas. Plus they were never really colonized in the traditional sense of the word, the British didn't conquer them and the agreement to make it a protectorate came after the King's conflicts against the Boers encroaching on their land, and fortunately the British were also fighting the Boers at that time so the Tswanas basically became an important ally to the British in keeping order as well as the Boers under control, so not only did the core leadership structure never fall apart and lose legitimacy, one could argue it gained more legitimacy even after the British left, which made it impossible for any legitimate challengers to power. This is the same reason why the only truly stable countries in the Middle east are all Monarchies, because that's the best way to maintain stability. With that stability, even if it was poor the first few decades after independence, the country developed with the few resources it had. So, in summary, Botswana had three very important things going for it, that IMO, no other Sub-Saharan African country has, Stability, A strong legitimate Monarchy and well-maintained, strong institutions resulting from that stable and legitimate monarchy.

@1wun1 3 ай бұрын

In addition their population is way lower than the available mineral resources, which were discovered after independence (very important). And the mineral sector is in a public-private partnership, unlike the fully privatised ones in the much poorer countries.

@sasi5841 3 ай бұрын

It it's also to remember that Botswanan president that put the country on path to prosperity was originally supposed to be the king of Botswana, and after getting kicked out for racism reasons, he returned and became a president instead. Eventhough its is a republic it is still in some sense a legitimate monarchy.

@loetomagang1438 3 ай бұрын

@@sasi5841Umh no. The Khama's were never supposed to be "Botswana's ruling family" They are the tribal chiefs of their own ethnic group. Botswana has multiple ethnic groups, many of which, don't recognize the Khamas as rulers. Botswana is a representative democracy, and to be honest with you, most Batswana within the below 40 cohort despise them. Source, I am a Motswana. There are glaring inaccuracies in your analysis.

@jeffb1880 3 ай бұрын

You've missed one of the largest factors in Botswana's success. Botswana NEVER had an absolute monarchy. Monarchs in Botswana had to gain consensus with other tribal chiefs and advisors before they made policies. They could not act as absolute monarchs and push through unpopular and arbitrary policies for their own benefit. This made their integration with democratic norms and human rights smoother than other sub-Saharan countries.

@ebaab9913 3 ай бұрын

@@loetomagang1438 It is good to hear from an opposition source in Botswana. It would be interesting to hear more. As an exSA white I have been to Botswana but most of what I know I have read. I want Africa and Africans to get ahead and realise their potential. Many African countries could learn a lot from Botswana.

@almeidaserra 3 ай бұрын

This is the biggest intellectual gymnastics stretch I've seen ever! Both Africa and Latin America could have some of the wealthiest countries on earth, but have been continuously mismanaged and riled with corruption.

@rc3398x 3 ай бұрын

they think short term not the long game

@penderyn8794 3 ай бұрын

Not being left with strong institutions was crippling. Before European colonialism they used to have strong institutions if you actually read to the history of those kingdoms

@malachi- 3 ай бұрын

@@penderyn8794 😂

@malachi- 3 ай бұрын

Evolutionary protocol.

@LRLocs 3 ай бұрын

Did we watch the same video? His whole point was that strong and inclusive institutions are conducive to prosperity while corrupt and extractive ones lead to the situations we see in SA and Africa. Same thesis by Acemoglu and Robinson in their book.

@dronevader1541 6 күн бұрын

We needed a study to figure this out?

@AL-ku1zq 6 күн бұрын

Corruption in all levels of government, policing, and societally; violence; and the cost of basic education through Grade 12 are huge issues.

@redstream1237 3 ай бұрын

Only thing Africa lacks is good leadership! Botswana is clear example of how good leadership can change the country

@orboakin8074 3 ай бұрын

As a Nigerian, I absolutely agree with you, friend. We have other issues like bad geography and climate but good leadership and political structures and institutions can negate all of the other issues.

@katnicole7274 3 ай бұрын

Stop saying it’s about good leadership when Europeans and Americans have assassinated leaders, sponsored coups and terrorist organizations, and use other forms of political meddling which have made all regions of Africa struggle. Everyone wants to focus on what Africa is doing wrong. But nobody wants to talk about how France has the 4th largest gold reserve but no gold mine, and yet holds 90% of the gold from 15 African countries, some of which don’t have their own gold reserves. Let’s talk about how many of the industries extracting resources from Africa are European, American, and Chinese businesses that give little profit or benefit to the countries and local people. Good leadership gets you assassinated bc there’s too much money flowing out of Africa. Almost all of the resources needed to build electric cars are on that continent and this is the moment they should be benefiting but instead we have children in lithium mines

@iank.2162 3 ай бұрын

For those who don't know en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Williams_Khama

@xandercorp6175 3 ай бұрын

@@katnicole7274 No, let's not talk about _how,_ let's talk about _why._ The discourse you describe is a discourse of grievance and acrimony, not a discourse about understanding and solutions. Africans will not be fooled by such talk forever.

@niklasmolen4753 3 ай бұрын

@@katnicole7274 I know the West has assassinated some leaders, but as far as I know they have all been corrupt or communists. So there has been no loss to the country. I don't know the French neo-colonial empire too well, so no comments there.

@mattlange00 3 ай бұрын

I have a hard time with the argument that a main reason for lack of technology adoption was erratic tyrants. Europe and Asia were both absolutely filled with despots, tyrants of all kinds, hordes of barbarians like the Huns and Danes who pillages and burned down places, yet people still developed commerce and metallurgy.

@EverythingCameFromNothing 3 ай бұрын

Agreed. Widespread corruption may be a better argument. Nothing can get done if there’s absolutely no trust 🤷‍♂️

@azziemarrie7457 3 ай бұрын

That not only what he said was the cause . He said the fact that the land in a Africa was big, people could easy leave their communities and settle somewhere else with out the oppressive leader thus they did not developed a sense of nationalisation to come together and fight back.

@raam1666 3 ай бұрын

Its in the jeans

@schalkvandermerwe3838 3 ай бұрын

As a South African, I always got the idea that Africa's greatest problem (at least where I am from) seems to be that the chiefs and king is too often still seen as infallible, or unchallengeable... there have never been a revolution against their hierarchy structures as there was in Europe... it was more of a softening, but never a complete rejection. The lack of adoption of tech for the greater good is also mindboggeling... there appear to be traces of this tech-rejection that precedes European influence on the Southern part of the continent.

@wowowofjfsdfd7349 3 ай бұрын

You missed what he said, couple the tyrany with the land and the environment allowed groups to escape and set up their own communities and be virtually isolated from the rest preventing ideas they learnt from being spread. Europe never really had that problem, all the natives of the european countries today mainly derive from 1-4 ethnicities. And about metallurgy you should look into how slaves from the carribean helped in the industrial revolution theres a guardian article about it.

@djhanskim 2 ай бұрын

Short answer America. Long answer Europe and America.

@kungfooman Ай бұрын

Did the video mention French looting?

@jakeave 3 ай бұрын

There's a reason why most of my African friends have no plans of living in Africa. I'm paraphrasing, but one guy told me "imagine me going back and telling people 'hey we should follow traffic rules and make stop lights.' Everyone would look at me like I was crazy." And that's a small example of how culture and nurture means much more than geography. You have pockets of places with awesome cohesion, property rights and education, but it has to reach a critical mass to be safe from total annihilation.

@ZeroHero00001 3 ай бұрын

This kind of culture is a result of corruption, If only half the people have to follow the rules and the other half has a connection in the government or can bribe and get away with a lot of things, people will start to hate the rules and they will lose all respect to them, and with enough time people will start to see it as the norm since that all they know their whole life, specially when the rules are not even enforced properly or fairly

@Bell_plejdo568p 3 ай бұрын

Yea u made this whole things up, and Africa is a huge diverse continent

@jakeave 3 ай бұрын

@@Bell_plejdo568p my buddy from Nigeria, neighbors from DRC, met someone whose family is threatened if they go back to Sudan, talked to an ambassador from Ghana and I think Uganda was the other guy. Like this isn't hidden information. Granted all of these people were no longer living in Africa, so maybe their bias is skewed, but that's the point. People that want a certain way of life (property rights, self determination, education) are going overseas, so everyone left are more intrenched in their ways.

@Avalanche-Ice1950 3 ай бұрын

"how culture and nurture means much more than geography" EXCEPT the Africans IN the western world -- who are benefitting (and taking advantage of) what the WESTERNERS have built -- did not and DO NOT believe "hey we should follow the rules" unless they are continuously and continually "forced" to do so! They have come to a different "geography" and changed hardly at all! ALLLLL the years of living in a different "culture and nurture" has NOT changed Africans into people who desire to -- and CAN -- live in a different culture and nurture! EVERY "African group" living in EVERY other 'culture and nurture' has an exceedingly HIGH of out-of-wedlock, no-fathers-present, birth rate. EVERY single one. It's PART of their culture and nurture. It exists in Africa, it exists and every African group across the planet. The exceptions do NOT prove the rule! (I'd point out: in the 1920s and 30s in the U.S -- when the African family structure was FORCED to live within the (then-extant) "rules of (White/western) society" -- they had actually a LOWER divorce rate than White/Westerners. Once that force was let up -- they mostly returned to the 'African culture and nurture' of reproduction without marriage, which has only increased since then.

@reasonablespeculation3893 3 ай бұрын

@@Avalanche-Ice1950 OUTRAGIOUS. I'm shocked... You must never speak of these things again

@elibolton6235 3 ай бұрын

something I never learned in school is that an almost negligible amount of slaves were brought to the 13 colonies. They mostly went to Brazil and the Caribbean.

@MsDesiree39 3 ай бұрын

yet the Dahome wantd to continue slavery and fought the Brits who gfoought to end it@@talonhax8336

@kingebin9830 3 ай бұрын

@@talonhax8336simple, less slaves to cause issues for people in power. Those countries had a much larger percentage of their population that were slaves or slave-descendants, which becomes even more difficult to contain for the ruling class when there is an overlap to the majority indigenous population that are not slaves and the slaves themselves, some of whom were captured indigenous people.

@jaredbaker7230 3 ай бұрын

I hope you also learned that the reason this is true is because of the absolutely staggering numbers sent to Brazil and the Caribbean. In addition, I hoped you learned that one of the things that made slavery in the US uniquely evil was a forced breeding program and that this multiplied the enslaved population in the States immensely.

@raam1666 3 ай бұрын

@@talonhax8336 Thats flat out false.

@keinlanz 3 ай бұрын

@talonhax8336 actually they were among the first. Slavery still exists in many African countries and it existed in Eastern Europe and Asia into the 20th century. Americans are brainwashed to catastrophize our history of slavery as though it was more uniquely terrible than it was. What's unique about it is how it was denied constitutional legitimacy and later started a war to end it.

@ardarvin 2 ай бұрын

+mass killings of farmers by gangs = less people willing to farm. Probably applies to other industries also.

@Loneranger670 2 ай бұрын

Africa's persistent poverty stems from a systemic failure by individual political leaders and governments to establish and maintain a stable infrastructure conducive to private business operations and employment opportunities for its populace. Rather than prioritizing the welfare of their citizens, many leaders prioritize self-enrichment, exacerbating the continent's economic woes. Essential infrastructural elements such as reliable electricity, clean water, and access to nutritious food are fundamental for economic development. However, inadequate provision of these basic necessities hampers the growth of businesses and perpetuates widespread poverty. Consequently, only a small fraction of the population contributes to the tax base, while the majority rely on welfare assistance, creating an unsustainable economic dynamic. This stark imbalance between tax-paying citizens and those dependent on grants undermines economic stability and perpetuates poverty cycles. Without meaningful reforms and effective governance, Africa will continue to struggle under the weight of widespread corruption and fraud, impeding its progress and perpetuating its status as the world's poorest continent.

@bryanb2653 Ай бұрын

This video is extremely incorrect in every way search up “how economic explained gets African history wrong” this video I actually missinformation

@oliverhopkins8074 15 күн бұрын

Or just "biology".

@juniormichael354 3 ай бұрын

"Africa has less productive land" then the main colonial settlers economic activities were agriculture and mining the had huge plantations of sisal,cocoa,coffee,and cotton in Tanzania for example the Germans built railroad the agricultural reasons. Most KZfaqrs who talks about Africa poverty have never been into Africa 😅

@MVK123 3 ай бұрын

The wheel thing is shocking

@matthewsalmon2013 3 ай бұрын

But did that form of agriculture destroy the soil? And do Africans own the land or do Western (or East Asian now) corporations own it?

@danielthuku8192 3 ай бұрын

you need to see Europe and the American plains to understand what real agriculture is. I'm Kenyan and geography is a much bigger problem than you think it is. in comparison to Europe and USA, we don't have any arable land in our country.

@NamhadiNdemufayo 3 ай бұрын

Those aren't grains. You can't feed yourself with those.

@vilena5308 3 ай бұрын

I think he explains what he means really well. Have you stopped the video the moment he said that?

@caven7056 3 ай бұрын

Im an African and to me its very obvious why we are still a poor continent. Look at the stark differences between north and south Korea, the stark dofferences that existed between East and West Germany. What im trying to say is that African leaders are hopelessly making the wrong choices generation after generation. It all boils down to governance.

@INWMI 3 ай бұрын

grow up and see the truth, they are just greedy and shortsighted, just as most south american leaders, they love american or european money on their pockets they buy mansions on italy while their people still have no roads. Europeans did terrible tuff in the past but they managed to have enough thinkers that changed the continent, this isn't happening on africa

@jbjaguar2717 3 ай бұрын

Interesting though that even East Germany in 1989 was a fairly well-developed and rich country compared to most African countries today, despite having literally been a democracy for only about 10 years of its existence (and those 10 years, the infamous 'Weimar' years, weren't exactly famed for their economic stability) South Korea also is controlled by a wealthy corporate elite. China was once as poor as Africa, and now it's one of the most developed nations in Asia and above the global average. What they all have in common is mass education, together with planned and enforced industrialisation targeting the export market. That is the most successful proven method of economic development in the modern world.

@obsideonyx7604 3 ай бұрын

Remove middlemen, remove corruption. Corruption is a symptom of too many middlemen, they get tempted by the chance to take advantage of their gatekeeper position.

@user-cw1ht6vc4k 3 ай бұрын

I mean look at history, every African leader who sort to do what was best for his people, was overthrown or killed by foreign governments leading to the leaders we have today. So you can’t just say it’s bad governance when the people don’t even get to choose who governs them. Just a thought!

@dioniscaraus6124 3 ай бұрын

@@jbjaguar2717 Leaders that actively sought to improve the country vs leaders that did not.

@RobiTheophilus 2 ай бұрын

I'm so hopeful for Africa as a continent.

@TheLosrodri 3 ай бұрын

Wait…what exactly did you guess I thought the reason for their poverty was?

@draoi99 3 ай бұрын

It's a bit weird because there is another video on this channel investigating why Australia is rich when in fact it shouldn't be.

@xpusostomos 3 ай бұрын

Ha... Ignoring the obvious, Australia is full of Europeans and Africa is full of Africans.

@alansailing1387 3 ай бұрын

The native Australians have about as many entrepreneurial skills as the native Africans.

@friendlyfire7861 3 ай бұрын

Does anyone have a clue as to what the reason is?

@JKnksrsly 3 ай бұрын

@@friendlyfire7861no one can say

@friendlyfire7861 3 ай бұрын

@@JKnksrsly🤔

@Soulheads-yy3zq 3 ай бұрын

This video shows how difficult it is to speak openly and honestly about Africa’s reality without putting your shoe in your mouth.

@nickfedor210 2 ай бұрын

Is that shoe a Nike?

@pukavoket 2 ай бұрын

You don't have to "put your foot in your mouth", read my comment up top. That is Africa's reality...@pukavoket.

@fireboltaz 2 ай бұрын

Africa's poverty is due to lack of white colonizers.

@The_Reality_Filter Ай бұрын

The Bell Curve doesn't lie...

@Soulheads-yy3zq Ай бұрын

@@The_Reality_Filter I am definitely in agreement with you. And I understand the importance of manipulating the circumstances of populations in order to maintain the beliefs preferred by certain members of society.

@willshish5270 Ай бұрын

My optometrist was born in Kenya but moved to New Zealand as a kid. I was curious as to his accent. He explained it. I asked if he would ever go back. He said there is nothing for him there. That is what is wrong when there is a tribal mentality.

@Jekyll_Island_Creatures 3 ай бұрын

Before even clicking on this video I knew they would provide the safe, politically correct, progressive worldview answer on this subject. This is essentially Guns, Germs, and Steel condensed into a 20 minute video. They would never touch the real answer to the postulated question; Which is namely I.Q. differences and high time preference behavior within poorer cultures.

@ebaab9913 3 ай бұрын

As an ex South African, and who studied that part of Africa from the inside, can I suggest having a very close look at Botswana. There are a number of very important differences to other African countries, first being mainly a single tribal group. A lot depended on one man, Seretsi Khama, but his policies remind me of Norway.

@loetomagang1438 3 ай бұрын

I am a Motswana. Are you smoking crack? Mainly one ethnic group? You are actually mad, we have over 20. We just don't go to war with one another and only have dialectic differences in our language.

@vladimirmuianga 3 ай бұрын

I envy you because you can say "as an ex South African".

@ebaab9913 3 ай бұрын

I lived as a white SAfrican, pulling my weight, but privileged. It was not a hard life unlike most Black SAfricans. I did consider that I had paid my way, but it was time to leave and let the country be run by indigenous people. All power to them, I long for them to take their rightful place in the World.

@vladimirmuianga 3 ай бұрын

@ebaab9913 my parents migrated to SA from Mozambique. I was born in SA but I've never felt like this is home, I never felt welcomed. I'm not impressed with the leadership or how things are done. I look forward to the day I leave. Whatever opportunity I can find, I'm taking it. I'm so fed up with the way things are done on this continent.

@afrovarangian 3 ай бұрын

Nation states do not equal prosperity.

@orboakin8074 3 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for making this video. As an African myself (Nigerian, specifically) it always annoys me when most people only attribute Africa's current problems to "colonialism or racism", effectively removing personal responsibility of us Africans, and ignore more important factors like geography, climate, socioeconomic systems, political unity, culture, and leadership. Thanks for focusing on those areas.

@kennyking9667 3 ай бұрын

Biafra woupd come

@orboakin8074 3 ай бұрын

@@kennyking9667 friend, I don't care. We have so many wannabe secessionists in Nigeria, it's not funny anymore. Oduduwa nation, Arewa separatists, Biafra separatists, Sokoto caliphate fanatics, Fulani insurgents etc. The simple reality is that these groups have very little support or clout, even among their own tribes. They can't sustain themselves without the nation and they know it but choose to remain delusional.

@anthonyyawtwumasimensah197 3 ай бұрын

Both can be right at the same time. Ignoring foreign interferance whilst only highlighting corrupt African leadership is no better than Ignoring corrupt African leaders whilst only blaming foreign interference. Your all the same just shilling for different sides.

@orboakin8074 3 ай бұрын

@@anthonyyawtwumasimensah197 both can be right at the same and one can be more responsible for the problem than the other, also.

@anthonymanderson7671 3 ай бұрын

@@kennyking9667not funny at all.

@bgNinjaart 2 ай бұрын

You're map graphics guy needs a raise

@jameso1447 3 ай бұрын

It is astounding that this entire piece does not identify the most fundamental reason prosperity begins ONLY where winters are cold. People who do not NEED to produce excess to survive winters do not produce excess. Prosperity is incompatible with climates where excess of production is not essential to survival.

@gravitascascade5798 3 ай бұрын

I can think of another explanation

@duxxboi2298 3 ай бұрын

@fadbtx 3 ай бұрын

The real reasons are not discussed...

@reignman30 3 ай бұрын

Yeah the party of science sure does love to ignore uncomfortable truths.

@JJ_Smilez 2 ай бұрын

@@reignman30so I’ve seen this hinted at a few times in the comment section, and I’m genuinely curious what you mean by this? What is this other explanation? What is this video dancing around? Would you mind explaining this to me?

@maxboiiyeeet1041 Ай бұрын

@@fadbtx colonization

@diarrasarr7407 3 ай бұрын

I wish countries like senegal were discussed in this video only because it has always been politically stable and peaceful but it's still very poor. All the foreign investment benefit those already in power and many say the west African currency is one of the biggest reasons it's remained poor.

@debbiefox8675 3 ай бұрын

the west keeps the african continent poor. look there are inherent problems but the strategy is there

@AK-gu4jq 3 ай бұрын

The currency is not the main reason Senegal is not thriving at all. Ivory Coast and Benin have the same currency but they have better economic growth annually than many country in the world. Senegal has strong institutions, but it is less economically attrative to investors than Ivory Coast for exemple. Mainly because it lacks natural ressources (cocoa, gold etc.) and its agriculture is very unproductive. That's why when they have the choice, private investors go to countries like Ivory Coast instead of Senegal.

@Swordfish42 Ай бұрын

Some critical issues with this video brought up: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/nNSUm5tqsraWmYU.html

@shatter382 2 ай бұрын

"This time period on the continent was truly horrific, to the point where we can't go into too much detail or this video will just be taken off KZfaq" If that is true, then something is very wrong with youtube

@19ate4 2 ай бұрын

It’s crazy to me that they think we should take European political, social values and force non-Europeans to abide by them Africa will never be like Europe or Asia and sooner people realize this the better off Africans can be in developing their own continent

@WlmaAlexender-zl6nx 3 ай бұрын

"Not what I think, well, I would guess corruption, I wonder what it actually is... Oh Exactly what I thought it was."

@The_Reality_Filter Ай бұрын

The Bell Curve doesn't lie...

@bryanb2653 Ай бұрын

@@The_Reality_Filter This video is extremely incorrect in every way search up “how economic explained gets African history wrong” this video I actually missinformation

@michaelnurse9089 3 ай бұрын

Long ago the Economist published a piece called The Chief Problem with Africa - in a nutshell, Africans see their leaders as divine and beyond reproach. As a South African, I can say this problem is still alive and well. It is rooted in mentality and other factors are simply ancillary.

@shuma3401 3 ай бұрын

It's a reflection of the circumstances when people are so preoccupied with their own challenges that keeping up with politics takes a backseat.

@tiaelago-oretukaumunika7017 3 ай бұрын

I'm Namibian, and I agree. I think when I ponder the state of political participation our society I often neglect the fact that Apartheid was a very recently lived experience for the majority of our people. When the only thing that matters to you is escape from a system like that, I suppose it's easy to gather religiously around the leaders of the struggle against it, and it thus makes sense emotionally that this reverence lingers in the public consciousness. Nevertheless, it's immensely disheartening to talk to the people who remain proud supporters of leadership just to find out that they are all largely unhappy with the performance of leadership. For them, voting is not an expression of political interest, but rather a ritual they have to celebrate freedom. To them, the democratic process is not one where people participate in decision making. It's just a celebration of the end of Apartheid. In a sense, it's just the legacy of the style of participation of non whites (especially blacks) are used to. It's inertia

@lm_b5080 3 ай бұрын

south africa is a fantastic example of degradation - in the 90s, it was still classified as a developed economy in financial markets; it had one of the top #10 rail networks; world's best energy supplier; world's best tax collector. all the democratic gov needed to do was build & expand on this incredible infrastructure. .....it didn't.

@MrCmon113 3 ай бұрын

That's the first time I hear this. Let alone about South Africa.

@sahrahras 3 ай бұрын

you guys need to get rid of the ANC ASAP!

@ruthlessrubberducky5729 Ай бұрын

I think back often to the massive and wealthy African megacities in the halo games, and think about what it would take to get them there. The main problem is that they must do it themselves. I hope for the best future possible for all.

@bryanb2653 Ай бұрын

This video is extremely incorrect in every way search up “how economic explained gets African history wrong” this video I actually missinformation

@paegr 3 ай бұрын

"Not what you think" It's exactly what you thiNk

@bb.buchanan 3 ай бұрын

$900 billion+ worth of aid since the 60's and counting and I find it endlessly amusing how absurd the lengths are that academia will go to in order to avoid accepting what is so painfully, exhaustingly and obscenely obvious about the problems in Africa.

@ijustwannaleaveacommentony6511 3 ай бұрын

well said @@bb.buchanan

@ijustwannaleaveacommentony6511 3 ай бұрын

the glaringly obvious reason is unutterable esp in these comments. SA pre mandela and rhodesia put the lie to any geographical argument a better question - why is SA so poor NOW when it was incredibly prosperous within living memory

@bb.buchanan 3 ай бұрын

definitely climate change dude and oh, let's say... America? Can't think of any other reason@@ijustwannaleaveacommentony6511

@Mr.Universe 3 ай бұрын

@@ijustwannaleaveacommentony6511 Rhodesia was never a Bread Basket...Africa is a continent the Geography is obviously not going to be the same everywhere. South Africa is Poorer but you seem to omit that Nigeria is the wealthiest country on the continent. This video is definitely leaving a lot out. Also aid doesn't go to the common folk...much of that money cant even be accessed by these governments. Africans outside of Africa send in more money to Africa than aid from foreign governments (nearly 50 billion in Remittances)

@FlamingManofIron 3 ай бұрын

So where's the link to the MIT study?

@knusperkeks2748 3 ай бұрын

Too busy shilling his product to provide source.

@Whobgobblin 3 ай бұрын

I mean he gave you the title and the authors, use google

@dragonniz 3 ай бұрын

Daron Acemoglu & James A. Robinson - Why is Africa Poor?. Google it 😮‍💨

@josephman1488 3 ай бұрын

You have google you know.

@josephman1488 3 ай бұрын

@@knusperkeks2748 Google it.

@kx4532 2 ай бұрын

There's always a king stealing

@squidward66 2 ай бұрын

True. We in the United States traded King George III for an unelected federal bureaucracy and ended up right where we started.

@bryanb2653 Ай бұрын

This video is extremely incorrect in every way search up “how economic explained gets African history wrong” this video I actually missinformation

@johannaclemence7104 2 ай бұрын

I think if you slowed your speaking down it would be easier to follow. It feels like your rushing through to get to the end and with your accent I found it hard to follow.

@tertiusgous8348 3 ай бұрын

Born in Africa and living in Africa, I can tell you, but in my country, I can not say anything because I will be called a racist and coloniser if I do. Not owning their own short falls and looking to place the blame on past generations is the name of the game for our leaders.

@majorpwner241 3 ай бұрын

You should be the leader, bro. You're a real one.

@KevinN44 3 ай бұрын

True. It’s all about leadership

@itn-nq5tn 3 ай бұрын

Mismanagement, corruption, greed is destroying Africa

@blink182bfsftw 3 ай бұрын

I mean if you're going to blame black people for being black as a white person yeah people will call you out for being racist

@mauriceanderson5413 3 ай бұрын

Odd, I thought racism is about power structure and minority components! Whites shouldnt be racist to blacks in Africa with this, was US left word police wrong? What a shock

@dumarudolf3976 3 ай бұрын

I love hearing about how diversity in African countries is the reason why they remain poor and underdeveloped; however, the same people are quick to point out that diversity is a strength anywhere else... just not in Africa. There is so much dissonance, and I bet these people don't even realise it.

@david-arthur8166 3 ай бұрын

Africa is super developed

@christianknuchel 3 ай бұрын

I'm probably one of the people you're referring to, at least tangentially. However, I don't claim that diversity is the problem in Africa, but statements of mine (and perhaps others arguing in a similar way as I do) might be mistaken that way. What I'm saying is this: Countries in Western and Central Europe had favourable conditions for development, such as being able to develop and industrialize on their own terms and not being subject to any form of colonialism or forced liberal market reform. Most of them chose the way of the language or ethnicity based nation state, but there's also Switzerland, for example, which chose a different route, which, for the time, was quite diversity embracing. The problem with colonies is that the way they're organized, the economic structure and power structures, is for extraction by colonizers. They're (very likely) not what the people in the region would build if they could structure their societies on their own terms, if they could go through their own process, their own societal negotiations and conflicts, like Europe once did. That, however, is almost impossible in the current environment, with multi-national corporations teaming up with western governments and their international organizations (e.g. the IMF and the World Bank) to stabilize an environment that is conducive to extraction, and international law and diplomacy set up in a way that make it very hard for countries to reform themselves, or even develop away from the European nation state model. Yes, in numerous cases, the lack of such an independent process surfaces as strife between ethnic groups. However, that is, at least in part, a symptom of a region greatly disrupted by colonial extraction, both in times of traditional colonialism, and (neo)colonialism. Even conflicts that are rooted in pre-colonial structures are exacerbated in a situation where people now have to make do in the results of colonial oppression - and, on top of that, they are conflicts that never had a chance of being resolved on the people's own terms, using the vessels of their own, organically developed civilizations. The root of the problem aren't these surface level symptoms, however, but the lack of an organic process for a region to "find itself", so to say. Looked at from the surface, it may seem like a diversity issue, but it really isn't. Also, in cases where a country is ruled by a government that discriminates against some ethnic groups, and doesn't take into account that some groups might have been dealt a particularly bad hand by past oppression, or worse, engages in direct oppression, violence or even genocide, that's neither a colonial (albeit, of course, being a (neo)colony doesn't help having sound political structures) issue nor an issue of diversity, but moral bankruptcy of those responsible. Blaming diversity in those kinds of situations isn't even a surface-level mistake like in the case of symmetric tribal conflicts, but simply a cheap excuse for a bigoted political agenda (or the very concept of having such an agenda when using Africa as a proxy token in Western political discourse).

@dumarudolf3976 3 ай бұрын

@@christianknuchel We all know you took the time to provide this answer; however, I will not similarly return the favour. I appreciate the effort, which is only designed for the viewers and not as an answer directly to me. On the other hand, your reply, in my opinion, is just a more sophisticated way of throwing an insult, which is also okay, as I would not have expected otherwise. I'm afraid I have to disagree with many levels that Africa or most African countries do not have the power to change their course. Unlike other countries throughout history, they didn't have to "invent the wheel" (like the Spanish had to for the Incas - to talk in your "colonialist" language; obviously, there is a lot more than the mere wheel here as it goes profoundly into what a civilisation can achieve). Africa is entirely responsible for their well-being, and they have the power in their hand; they choose to deal with Russia and China these days and appear perfectly happy with it. You must have some form of selective memory when referring to European countries having time to develop, or you must not know history. I must remind you of the recent two world wars that have led to unimaginable destruction and loss of both human and material capital. Even before that, Europe was not peaceful or united, as can be noticed in a brief history review. No, my friend, no one had time to do anything; it was a simple game of survival of the fittest, which is perfectly fine at a cosmic level as we are not yet playing outside this game. We either move forward, or we will be forgotten. As a background, I was born in a diverse communist country (remember, USSR was very diverse), and I lived more time in extreme poverty than in decency. I did not blame anyone for my misfortune. At no time in our previous history did one have more power to change his own fortune than today (with some minor exceptions - not Africa).

@orangemoonglows2692 3 ай бұрын

but countries in europe have figured out a way to actually work together to be great. ex. europe warred against one another. however, when it came time to slice up africa, they worked together to make that happen so that they could all prosper. africa does not work together to be great and prosper. if they did, they have good roads that linked east to west africa, north to south, etc. to facilitate commerce throughout the continent.

@christianknuchel 3 ай бұрын

@@dumarudolf3976 I didn't mean to imply that Europe didn't have strife, but that it had the opportunity to develop on its own terms, as it was the first region to emerge global empires. There's a huge difference between symmetric conflict in the way that Europe had internally, and being subject to perpetual oppression. To make a long story short: Europe (and I'm counting the US and Australia as European countries here) won the game for the current political era, it's just that its power projection's gotten a bit more subtle over the past 70 years, which is why some people believe that colonialism is over, even though it's not. As a bit of background for me: As you might have guessed from my earlier example, I'm Swiss. Your rhetoric reminded me very much of discourse I've heard before, including in my own country, where people find excuses to argue against people from other places joining our society. However, Switzerland was founded on people speaking different languages and from different denominations of Christianity, which, as you know, had been at war with one another at various points in History, joining together and making a country. If there's hypocrisy there, it's people who claim themselves to be patriots, but who oppose immigration of people from different places. That issue is even more pronounced in US discourse, a country that was founded on global immigration outright, and US discourse has a lot of influence on the political discourse on the internet, and even local politics - at least over here. Personally, I don't care much about whether diversity is a strength or not. What I care about is the *fulfillment* of the individual, and if people come closer to that fulfillment by means of immigration, so be it. However, it doesn't stop there: Anti-immigration arguments are also used to target refugees, their rights and their chances of being granted asylum. This even leads to things like teenagers who are in the middle of an apprenticeship (!) getting deported back to their country of origin. People who have started to integrate, to build a life! Children with hopes and dreams. Just people, like you, me, everyone else. But because of a mix of nationalist bureaucracy and xenophobic bigotry, they get theirs destroyed - people who've already gone through so much, who were just starting to rebuild. And then there's the inhumane treatment, and sometimes even murder, of refugees before they even get here. Besides the Humanist aspect, I also believe that it's important for the world to interweave and not separate, to facilitate a better understanding of one another, and make it less likely for monstrous views of people from other parts of the world to become widespread. It also begets cultural exchange and expands a society's social horizon and flexibility. Also, I've always loved the cultural bounty of the world, and have had a cosmopolitan mindset pretty much my entire life. I like living in an international place.

@nosonoliento 3 ай бұрын

Everywhere in the world where people live is the same: It's the kind of people we are. That cultures aren't better or worse, just different, is an enormous lie.

@Deontjie Ай бұрын

Nope, we here in Africa is different. We never learnt to write anything down. And that is the problem.

@judewarner1536 16 күн бұрын

Delusional drivel. It's like saying that radio waves are the same as x-rays because they're both part of the electromagnetic spectrum. The difference... what you can accomplish with them... is much more significant than the similarity.

@aguspuig6615 7 күн бұрын

man, every culture is built arround trying to be the best. Each thinks they have it figured out and that their system is better for some or other reason. To boil it all down to ''they are all equal'' is a disrespect to all of them. Imagine going to a sports tournament and saying ''yeah all teams are pretty much equal'' even the team that places last will be mad at that statement

@CurtHowland 3 ай бұрын

I didn't hear "foreign aid" mentioned. When people are supported by outside money, they do not develop the means to make do for themselves. Dependency.

@The_Reality_Filter Ай бұрын

The Bell Curve doesn't lie...

@Doitallgp Ай бұрын

@@The_Reality_Filterunderdeveloped prefrontal cortexes is the correct answer that is glossed over by the entire world

@The_Reality_Filter Ай бұрын

@@Doitallgp well they are intrinsically linked...

@BooksRebound Ай бұрын

That's fundamentally untrue. When people are supported, they then have the ability to do things they previously couldn't. But in regards to Africa specifically, that foreign aid isn't really foreign aid. It's always a trap. It's just colonialism via economics. That foreign aid always has a catch and always ends up profiting the people who offered the aid. China is all over Africa rn, and it's ensuring the continent will be indebted to them for ages. Plus most of those projects are still contributing to Chinese GDP because China sends over their own workers instead of hiring locally.

@The_Reality_Filter Ай бұрын

@@BooksRebound and how was Africa faring prior to colonialism? No sanitation, no education, no medication, no literature etc etc. I guess it was much like Haiti will be in a few years...The Bell Curve doesn't lie.

@iranjohn 3 ай бұрын

It’s almost as if this was done by a high school student.

@voodoopig4601 3 ай бұрын

I am South African, and South Africa stands out amongst most of the African Nations as the most "developed", or used to be. Here - and to some extent I would say in most european settled regions (colonialism implies that the wealth was being shipped away, not utilised in country, which is what happened here) - the european conquest broke the inhibiting authority of local rulers that you assert prevented widespread development. In South Africa, it was replaced by a National Authority that, while still authoritarian and oppressive, DID develop enormous amounts of capital - railways, harbours, airports, mining, schools, hospitals, roads, dams, which benefitted everyone, even if the ruling whites under apartheid benefitted more. It doesn't make it right, but an oppressed South African had much better access to healthcare, education, transport, employment, clean water and food than an oppressed NON-South African. The tragedy is that when democracy was introduced - which should have been a wonderful thing - , the new leaders didn't maintain any of the practices or principles that had made the region prosperous. They didn't continue with improving or developing the infrastructure, education, etc. Instead, all they did was exhaust the capital that was previously developed and re-distribute wealth into non-sustainable social aid programmes, which kept their voter base loyal. The result is that any good that came from the suffering under the decades of oppression has been lost. It was all for nothing. They took the silver lining from that dark cloud, cut it into pieces so small that it blew away into the wind as dust. Now we have failing infrastructure, no electricity, no water, no functioning local authorities, 40% unemployment, a collapsing tax base, a prohibitively expensive international credit rating, and no light at the end of the tunnel. Africa is poor, because it insists on doing things its own way. And that way doesn't work, if your goal is to develop along the lines of other non-african industrial and post industrial nations. Other regions of the world - notably South East Asia, embraced industialisation, academicism, national planning etc. etc. and still retained their regional/ cultural identity. But in Africa rejection of "The West" is part of the mindset, and is a rallying cry for the leadership, who drive around in Mercedes Benz's wearing Armani suits. Africa will remain poor, until Africans decide that that rejecting the practices of the wealthy isn't what makes you a real African.

@PompaTG 3 ай бұрын

This is what happens when you don't have to fight to develop yourself. European nations that have been built up by centuries of hardship now find themselves with leadership that don't have any clue of how the nations wealth was achieved and are set on squandering it to purchase a voting base using taxation of those who actually work to keep building that wealth.

@Tespri 3 ай бұрын

Explain estonia then. Most of it's wealth was taken away by Russians same with development. After getting out of soviet union they growth was growing with insane numbers. Same with Poland. The "muh colonialism" is just excuse.

@debarshidas8072 3 ай бұрын

@@Tespri That some countries could rise above the hurdles erected by colonialism does not imply that colonialism is not an overwhelming impediment. Estonia and Poland are where they are despite their colonial/oppressive past, not because of or uncoupled from it.

@Tespri 3 ай бұрын

@@debarshidas8072 Finland as well.. Hong Kong after British rule... Singapore after british rule. In fact it seems that the general trend is that only colonies in Africa are incapable to "overcome this hurdle". It's just overwhelming excuse and cope mechanism.

@Tespri 3 ай бұрын

@millertas 3 ай бұрын

Education is the key to better welfare. Asia (especially East Asia) put high regard and esteem on the scholar.

@buckeyebeliever3397 4 күн бұрын

I know this channel is focused on economics and not sociology, but at a certain point the people and culture do play a part in prosperity. Africa has geographic challenges, certainly, but they don’t face other issues that have been overcome by different peoples.

@n_0477 3 ай бұрын

There is one thing all of Sub Saharan Africa has in common

@forgemaster6120 3 ай бұрын

kek

@CelticSaint 3 ай бұрын

Average IQ sub 75?

@jasonwriggs Ай бұрын

@@CelticSaint Oh yeah smarty pants, explain to me how the most successful man in history (Elon Musk) is African American? CHECKMATE

@CelticSaint Ай бұрын

@@jasonwriggsThere's no such thing as 'African American'. It's a made up nonsense term that doesn't actually exist.

@keshi5541 Ай бұрын

All interacted with the west and suffered for it.

@seleciaa 3 ай бұрын

I believe the primary issue is the myopic perspective and extreme levels of corruption throughout the continent. Africans are their own worst enemies. We see the same issue in the nations born of its diaspora, such as Jamaica and Haiti, where my immediate ancestors come from. Corruption exists in all countries, but in other places, the elites at least recognize that the peasantry needs SOMETHING. In Africa and throughout the Caribbean, they horde everything.

@theevermind 3 ай бұрын

No, it isn't that elites recognize that peasants need something--it's that they can't stop the "peasants." A wannabe tyrant won't be a tyrant if he fears the people will kill him at the very moment he oppresses them. If the people are sufficiently able to succeed without the govt, then the govt lacks certain power to keep them from succeeding. Rights, success, are things that people secure for themselves--they are never given by those in power. Waiting on a dictator to give them is futile and foolish.

@dsparr1010 3 ай бұрын

African governments 👎👎 African people ❤️🎉🎊 consistently some of the nicest, hardworking folks I’ve ever met.

@BalkanGod23 3 ай бұрын

@@dsparr1010 isnt the african government or any government created by its own people? are we adults or children and always everybody else is at fault except us lol

@Orxbane 3 ай бұрын

But we can't talk about why that is the case

@blackmancer 3 ай бұрын

People who annoy you.....

@GothGlitch93 10 күн бұрын

Africa has held a few empires, some that deserve to be covered. But ultimately, it is a dry continent, covered by inhospitable terrain to settling down, and so most people didn't. The big civilizations in africa are almost the same as the big important countries today.

@leisti Ай бұрын

Thanks for the video, mate.

@bryanb2653 Ай бұрын

This video is extremely incorrect in every way search up “how economic explained gets African history wrong” this video I actually missinformation

@leisti Ай бұрын

@@bryanb2653 Thanks for the comment, mate.

@merrymachiavelli2041 3 ай бұрын

On the population thing. The trajectory of Africa's population is nuts: 1700: 61 million Africans (10% of the global population) 2024: 1464 million Africans (18.5%) 2100: 3900 million Africans (38%)

@lochnessmunster1189 3 ай бұрын

Exactly. Africa is nowhere near as poor as it was 200 years ago. The videos' title is misleading.

@musonobari2560 3 ай бұрын

😂😂😂 I guess African women have a special taste to their men

@dioniscaraus6124 3 ай бұрын

Keep in mind they'll start making less kids as they industrialise and less hands on a farm. Other developed nations followed the same trend

@vitalifoma9189 3 ай бұрын

@@loneIyboy15this is the dumbest thing I have ever read on the internet, like seriously 😁 . Most african countries were vast rural before independence . For instance more than ninety percent of the tarred roads in nigeria was constructed after our independence . What of access to electricity , clean water and medicine . Mehn you are either filled with hate or ridiculously ignorant

@jghifiversveiws8729 3 ай бұрын

@@loneIyboy15 This is just not true save for a few warzones.

@taylorshipman1045 3 ай бұрын

The diversity in their countries should help since its obviously our biggest strength

@noneoftheabove666 3 ай бұрын

Lol

@CelticSaint 3 ай бұрын

haha! That's funny.

@tonymurphy9795 3 ай бұрын

LoL!

@PolishBehemoth 3 ай бұрын

Diversity of robbers a pillagers and scammers.

@pellejohansen 3 ай бұрын

African countries have no more diversity than other countries

@mikeincanada_ 2 ай бұрын

When your video has a shady sponsor it gets closed out as soon as that shady sponsor is mentioned. Why even make this if you are going to make so many people close it before they even watch it?

@wilfred5656 3 ай бұрын

There's nothing here. This material is spurious.

@MikeZ8709 3 ай бұрын

Videos like this have become harder to watch since I began noticing the rampant use of vague stock footage on KZfaq. It makes me appreciate shows like Forensic Files or Air Disasters that produce their own reenactments based on specifics of the story.

@bojangles2492 3 ай бұрын

Not everyone has the budget or time for that, as long as it gets the message across I am more concerned with what he is saying.

@Bell_plejdo568p 3 ай бұрын

Yea it’s filled with misinformation and nosense

@persel_hd 3 ай бұрын

@@bojangles2492 Yeah, but sad part of this story is, the channel covered this topic like one or two years ago and is more basic this time around. It's like if he can't find any better topics or other countries are just not clickbait enough.

@jimboswe 3 ай бұрын

I agree on this topic. In many cases I would prefer just a static screen with information than random clips that may be close to the subject, but still obviously stock photo. I just feels a little off and takes my focus away. This video I was manly listening to, instead of viewing though.

@fcukyou2_ 3 ай бұрын

@bojangles2492 and not everyone should make videos.. its just laziness really. Especially the ones who strictly use AI.. I can't stand then, and block every page I come across, especially if you use clickbait titles.

@JCNL871 3 ай бұрын

Africans shouldn’t complain about the colonial borders that combine different ethnic groups in the same country. Have they never heard of the wonders of a multicultural society? Diversity is our strength after all and thus Africa should be the strongest continent.

@philwaller4379 3 ай бұрын

Say what we all know. Diversity is NOT our strength. It merely ampllfies our differences. In China, this was addressed by adopting a National language and National Borders and customs. It's called the One China Policy.

@kingalfred3902 3 ай бұрын

Diversity is NOT strenght .!!......Unity is Strenght....!!.

@Auror2k05 9 күн бұрын

Then why don't you open borders and let foreigners settle in your home if diversity is your strength?

@aguspuig6615 7 күн бұрын

@@philwaller4379 i mean diversity can be a strenght and it can be a weakness. Just like some countries benefit from natural resources while others suffer from them like a curse. The problem is the super polarized discourse. Were we have been screamed at that diversity is ALWAYS GOOD, if you disagree youre a nazi. This has created two camps, those who think diversity is always good and those who think its always bad. The nuance has been lost. IMHO the people who say ''diversity is our strenght'' are usually arriving at that conclusion from flawed methods and think diversity is better than it actually is, but i still think its not more likely to be bad either.

@jesselivermore2291 13 күн бұрын

that chinese guy who worked in africa knew what was up, and he told it like it is in that documentary.

@tombic6373 3 ай бұрын

Aren't we here for economics and not an early-on long ad by your sponsor? It may be hard to recommend this video to others.

@vilefly 3 ай бұрын

Well, I was going to say tribalism is a big factor, but so many beat me to it. So, I will simply say selfishness is a grand factor, fueled by tribalism. Instead of "all for one and one for all", there is "all for me, and none for you". Such division of thought makes for a weak nation in a continent of nations. It would make me happy to see all rise up and reach their potential. So much senseless suffering. Botswana looks to be leading the charge on development, so I wish them success.

@TheJeffcurran 2 ай бұрын

Seems to me that I heard today that Botswana has a bunch of elephants for sale.

@crawford1083 2 ай бұрын

African nations have been described as "kleptocracies" where different tribes and groups have taken it i turn to thieve and asset-strip and purge opposition, until another group takes its tuen in chare, ribnse and repeat!

@ericdelevinquiere9902 3 ай бұрын

Corrupt politicians can totally destroy any hope of progress.

@oo00oo9 3 ай бұрын

corrupt politicians are backed by people who tolerate/advocate for corruption. they do not germ from ex-nihilo.

@Davenport7 3 ай бұрын

Specially when they are put in place by western powers

@stochastic42 3 ай бұрын

100% incorrect. Every country has corrupt politicians. The difference in developed countries is they have strong institutions and culture that limit the damage that corrupt politicians can do.

@spawel1 3 ай бұрын

@@stochastic42 Also incorrect, developed countries continually plunder underdeveloped countries, they just paint this as willing capitalist exchange.

@stochastic42 3 ай бұрын

@@spawel1 Although correct, that point doesn't refute mine.

@jerryware1970 6 күн бұрын

No institutions that protect individual or property rights, corruption, violence, stable currency, stable governments, etc

@dolcampb 2 ай бұрын

Unfortunately, Acemoglu and Robinson are not the guys to answer this question.

@alicelund147 3 ай бұрын

Sahara is a problem as a barrier? Why is not Australia and New Zeeland poor? Why would fertile lands not lead to development/civilization in Africa but it did in China, Egypt, India, Eufrat/Tigris? I didn't get the reason, Malaria? There used to be malaria also in Europe. Bad infrastructure is not a "reason", the question is why don't they build infrastructure.

@tubetorpedo 3 ай бұрын

_"Bad infrastructure is not a "reason", the question is why don't they build infrastructure."_ That is a question. It's not like any nation had their infrastructure ready. Every nation had to build their basic stuff and foundations first, so they could then develop further. The basic steps of development.

@marcv2648 3 ай бұрын

@@tubetorpedo They're not capable.

@xpusostomos 3 ай бұрын

It's called 70 IQ.

@nsh1980gmail 3 ай бұрын

@@xpusostomosit’s almost like there is an incredibly simple and obvious difference that explains everything we see. I hope one day our best researchers can tease out what that is!

@choicesii1 3 ай бұрын

clearly that's how bad this video was that you didn't get a good understanding of what makes Africa different. Having people who speak 500 different languages in one country makes it virtually impossible to achieve many things. Having leaders who try to make the countries more independent from their former countries being assassinated, then installing puppets who give special contracts to special European interests becomes exactly why Africa looks like it does today. Africans are not in control of their own resources as Burkina Faso showed how they charged an extremely low price for Uranium and once they pushed the French out they charged 100x the price, which was more near the standard. Africa is poor because of Colonialism and the Neo-Colonialism that pursued thereafter. Everything he's emphasizing in this video makes very little sense. When most of the world was industrializing and building infrastructure, the only part of Africa that was being built was where Europeans lived within Africa. If you notice how colonies built railroads, they built it with the intent to ship goods from inner Africa to ports with the intent to transport materials outside of Africa to Europe. Talking about entrepreneurship and other things he mentions is complete nonsense. There is a much better video from the channel history scope that goes into detail about colonization and how that impacts Africa to date.

@PowderKeg3838 3 ай бұрын

I like how "Ill equipped to handle their problems, natural resources, etc" is just skipped over. Other people, on every other continent has overcame their issues, and this video doesn't describe why but just what happened when other cultures rocketed past them in history. I was expecting better.

@reasonablespeculation3893 3 ай бұрын

It's all such a mystery. Humanity still has no clue. Not from history. Not from observation. No matter how much the problem is studied. We will never be able to identify the root of the problem.

@anal3544 2 ай бұрын

My brother in Christ, disease, lack of water, bad soil, political corruption is a rough set of problems to overcome. It's like trying to form a functional country in Mad Max.

@louisxix3271 2 ай бұрын

How do they have any more disease or bad soil than, say Vietnam or Uzbekistan, or Colombia? Africa has some of the best soils in the world, problem is underutilization of fertilizes. Disease is a lame cop out.@@anal3544

@viggotannhauser7251 2 ай бұрын

Actually, I was expecting the video to never even come close to mentioning the real problem, and I was right.

@AshApple 2 ай бұрын

@@viggotannhauser7251 what is the real problem

@tomconrad7091 3 ай бұрын

I am an economist and an entrepreneur. I firmly believe that enterprise is the most important factor as we de-globalize. Communist and many Capitalist discount this factor in favor of a planned economy. Change requires failure to breed success. Only enterprises can survive in a changing world.

@nocturox6388 9 күн бұрын

The wheel wasn't adopted because it was only useful with livestock which in most of africa south of the Sahel is ravaged by disease

@pedrojosevilelasussai3314 3 ай бұрын

You need MIT research for this???? Lol

@reignman30 3 ай бұрын

Basic pattern recognition should suffice xD.

@xpusostomos 3 ай бұрын

As if I would trust MIT on this topic anyway

@penponds 3 ай бұрын

Asking AI why sub-Saharan Africa has not developed, or has problems, is an extremely entertaining exercise. After a few probing supplementary questions, you rapidly get to see what digital cognitive dissonance looks like…

@MrBenMcLean 3 ай бұрын

You flat out state that European colonists weren't going to have Europeans doing the labor in the Americas but in fact, European indentured servitude was extremely common in this period.

@VMohdude- 3 ай бұрын

Not as common as using Africans

@curiousmind111 3 ай бұрын

Muslins used to use africans as slaves way before europeans@@VMohdude-

@monzerfaisal3673 3 ай бұрын

Relatively speaking, they weren't doing much or as much horrible labof

@lacky9320 3 ай бұрын

@@VMohdude- depends on the place and time. In Canada and USA there were relatively few slaves (even in the south, there were far more white laborers than slaves). This is flipped in the Caribbean with the vast majority of the populace being enslaved.

@TheBillyBowlegs 3 ай бұрын

@@VMohdude-and your supporting data is?

@OrhanSenem Ай бұрын

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@danielaliu_ 19 күн бұрын

This video doesn't reflect the referenced authors views in the book. It is a way off course and prejudiced view on the topic. Other than the short clips of one of the authors speaking ( at 9:37 and 15:41 ), the rest is just EE's opinion on the subject.