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Re:In Brazil, it is considered rude to be on time to a party by freddie_mercury on Tuesday July 31, 2018 @01:44AM (#17650811)
Similarly, I read Pachinko a novel about Koreans in Japan in the period 1910-1940 (mostly). Koreans were all lazy, unintelligent, untrustworthy thieves. A stereotype that few would still hold today.....
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Re:In Brazil, it is considered rude to be on time to a party by jacobwilliamroy on Tuesday July 31, 2018 @02:04AM (#17650892)
"Korean time" used to be a thing. Before the "Miracle on the Han river" (which was actually a carefully orchestrated economic development program run by the South Korean government and not a "miracle" at all) South Korea was one of the poorest countries on earth.
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Re:In Brazil, it is considered rude to be on time to a party by skgoa on Tuesday July 31, 2018 @06:55AM (#17652080)
Likewise, Germans were used or being drunk, largely unproductive and simple people. Then Prussia conquered conquered a large number of the german principalities and forced the other ones to join in a new German Empire. A massive economic boom followed, during which Germany was thoroughly industrialized.
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Re:In Brazil, it is considered rude to be on time to a party by abledon on Tuesday July 31, 2018 @10:57AM (#17653664)
Did you read a book on this?
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Re:In Brazil, it is considered rude to be on time to a party by southerndrift on Tuesday July 31, 2018 @03:33AM (#17651242)
Being poor doesn't proof not being on time. It just means that they didn't have access to technologies that could have improved their efficiency.
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