true. i get it when your country has a fuck load of oil or minerals or metals. but don't economies naturally develop over time. like shouldn't the central american countries naturally develop more sophisticated economy across the board. better hospitals. better stores. better restaurants. better computers. seems strange how some economies just never fucking develop.  i read something interesting from a white latino from colombia. he mentioned how many of the elites of latin countries know their indian and black citizens are economically useless. best they can be is farmers and farming don't produce a lot of value anymore compared to everything else. so they all developed rent seeking governments that try to steal as much recoruces from the country and give it to the rich plutocrats making things 1000x worse. i wonder how true that is.
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