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

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vzq@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

developing countries don’t have enough infrastructure to benefit from wealth

It’s even worse: they have the infrastructure to allow us to profit from wealth. Colonial powers made sure the railroad between the mines and the ports are top notch, so their mineral riches can be carted off efficiently to the metropole.

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