The state of South Africa, 28ish years post-apartheid

Re:The state of South Africa, 28ish years post-apartheid by wrp on Tuesday August 09, 2022 @07:54PM (#32406247)

I may be displaying a shameful lack of knowledge about modern history, but I can't think of any revolution besides the American that didn't result in a worsening of social and economic conditions for at least a generation. The only maybe I can think of is the Meiji Restoration in 19th century Japan, which was not foreign funded and was deliberately not referred to as a "revolution".

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Re:The state of South Africa, 28ish years post-apartheid by pirate787 on Tuesday August 09, 2022 @08:22PM (#32406437)

There are internal revolutions and revolutions against a colonial power, which seem to fare better. I think the breakup of the Soviet Empire (the velvet revolution etc) has brought widespread prosperity, if not complete peace.

Of the internal kind, there's Augusto Pinochet -- Chile is still the 2nd wealthiest country in Latin America in terms of per capita GDP (Uruguay being 1st)

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Re:The state of South Africa, 28ish years post-apartheid by tshaddox on Wednesday August 10, 2022 @12:03AM (#32407740)

> Chile is still the 2nd wealthiest country in Latin America in terms of per capita GDP (Uruguay being 1st)

Do what now? From what I have read it seems like Panama, Chile, and several Caribbean island nations all have higher per-capita GDP than Uruguay.

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