rivermonster

@rivermonster@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Xbox Cloud Gaming adding mouse and keyboard support⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Game changer for people who can’t stand controllers, and for all the great non controller designed games on games pass. Can’t wait!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why are so many countries in the world “developing” and poor, while essentially only Western countries have a high standard of living?⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s fine that you want to vent. Go ahead and raise that fist and the sky and give it hell, kiddo!

  If misdirecting that at me makes you feel better, do it. Rock on, and I’m glad I could help. I hope you feel better!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why are so many countries in the world “developing” and poor, while essentially only Western countries have a high standard of living?⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes, but OP was asking for more than a single high-level example. And, again, exclusively answering colonialism would be disingenuous if we implied that was the exclusive answer instead of part of it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why are so many countries in the world “developing” and poor, while essentially only Western countries have a high standard of living?⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Quoting myself here…

  Here are some topics but NOT an exhaustive list:

  Thought debt could go into some of the other categories. Calling it out individually or under a broader umbrella of economics would be fine, too. It’s just a suggestion list for OP to research.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why are so many countries in the world “developing” and poor, while essentially only Western countries have a high standard of living?⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Many of the issues CAN and are linked to colonialism, reread what I wrote.

  Yes, your points are pertinent and support problems that colonialism is relevant to, I did not claim otherwise.

  However, you’re clearly angry over crimes (in many cases rightfully so) and problems the US has caused. But the question wasn’t exclusive to the US and is not exclusive to the US.

  For the OPs question, trying to exclusively link everything to or overstate the colonial influence is an example of what I was saying as well.

  It’s comforting to pretend that we just say one word “colonialism” and think that now we’re experts on the subject. But there’s so much more than colonialism, which again is a big factor (the first I listed), and overemphasis of it while disregarding the other real issues and nuances is counterproductive to learning.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why are so many countries in the world “developing” and poor, while essentially only Western countries have a high standard of living?⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  You’re going to get a LOT of reductive and low effort answers for Lemmy radicals. But this is a super complex question, and there’s not a 5-second ELI5 answer if you really want to understand.

  Also, when the radicals scream at you, there’s going to be a core of truth. They’re going to yell about colonization and empires. That’s a major factor, but not am exclusive one. However, for getting radical and rabidly furious its all they’ll bother posting to you.

  Things to investigate, because answering this for yourself in a meaningful way is going to take a while and require study. Here are some topics but NOT an exhaustive list:

  1. Colonization

  2. Resources (natural and otherwise)

  3. Schooling, education, etc.

  4. Stability, politically and otherwise (note this will have overlap with colonial and non-colonial powers destabilizing things intentionally for geopolitical gain)

  5. Infrastructure (transportation, economic, water, medical, etc.)

  6. Medicine as regionally practices, traditional vs based on the the scientific method.

  7. Geopolitics (isolationism, etc)

  8. Geography (i.e. the US’s greatest asset is its location, it neighbors no enemies and its main enemies are separated by an ocean. One of the key reasons the US focuses on the ability to project force)

  And again, honestly, a lot of these topics will overlap, but that’s what I mean by there isn’t a quick, easy answer.

  And the reductive stupid answer is just yelling colonialism.

  There’s a reason people get PhDs in thus subject. It’s not a quick easy question.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The way this is spelled out really irks me.⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, we keep missing recruitment goals. This is what happens when you have to take what you can get. ><