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Re:Why Are Some Countries Rich and Others Poor? by jamesmattis on Thursday September 14, 2017 @03:22AM (#15245620)
There must be a definition of rich and poor. It should not be devised by looking at the wealth. It should be devised by looking at the living standards, education system, environment, law and order, equality, zero racism. And where people can live an anxiety/depression free life. Where there is welfare, care, love grows everyday for each other.
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Re:Why Are Some Countries Rich and Others Poor? by amrrs on Thursday September 14, 2017 @03:28AM (#15245651)
One metric come across in these discussions is 'GNH' - Gross National Happiness https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gross_National_Happiness
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Re:Why Are Some Countries Rich and Others Poor? by imperfect_cat on Thursday September 14, 2017 @04:01AM (#15245828)
Sadly, that defines one race countries. No racism possible when there are no races but one.

Personally, I think this definition is bad because it progress free. Anxiety free is has no scale. If you are massively anxious I. Country A, and mildly anxious in B, both fail.

Need to rethink this.

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Re:Why Are Some Countries Rich and Others Poor? by tim333 on Thursday September 14, 2017 @06:54AM (#15246674)
There still seems a fair bit of racism in mostly one race countries, say Japan for example. There seems less in widely mixed places, say London or Singapore.
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Re:Why Are Some Countries Rich and Others Poor? by nostromo123 on Friday September 15, 2017 @03:12AM (#15255257)
Yeah, London, where not being of the "correct" religion can get you killed in some areas! (I know, religion is not a race, etc....my point is that mixed places are not necessarily more tolerant)
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Re:Why Are Some Countries Rich and Others Poor? by stun on Thursday September 14, 2017 @03:49AM (#15245762)
The zero racism part is not gonna slide with the so-called developed countries
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