tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-880836372409397139.post5990643336172524927..comments2023-10-07T13:31:47.789+02:00Comments on AN OUTSIDE VIEW: Earthquake and its aftermathPhysiocrathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13682019625346594568noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-880836372409397139.post-52228080941907896502010-01-24T22:09:04.588+01:002010-01-24T22:09:04.588+01:00>>Apart from Canada, all the countries in cl...>>Apart from Canada, all the countries in close proximity to the US seem to have obscene divisions between rich and poor, and many have a history of political instability.<<<br /><br />You could be describing third world countries anywhere in the world. What they have in common more than proximity to the US is a corrupt local elite, a colonial history, and an economy dominated by one sector.stpetrichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11961792423937962991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-880836372409397139.post-15772370010189430642010-01-24T19:00:38.526+01:002010-01-24T19:00:38.526+01:00Apart from Canada, all the countries in close prox...Apart from Canada, all the countries in close proximity to the US seem to have obscene divisions between rich and poor, and many have a history of political instability. Is this mere coincidence?Physiocrathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13682019625346594568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-880836372409397139.post-39768199232887338842010-01-24T18:34:31.433+01:002010-01-24T18:34:31.433+01:00>>How is it that there are so many dirt-poor...>>How is it that there are so many dirt-poor people in a land in which the USA has been heavily involved for so long? It is not, by any chance, a consequence of the USA's involvement?<<<br /><br />I'm not aware that the US is any more heavily involved in Haiti than in other Caribbean countries, yet they're *all* more prosperous than Haiti is. If anything, I would think the US is *less* involved there, because of the cultural differences stemming from Haiti's French colonial heritage. And, frankly, because Haiti offers little that the US needs.stpetrichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11961792423937962991noreply@blogger.com