Re:South Africa's national electricity crisis to worsen
by geysersam on Monday November 21, 2022 @08:42AM
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China has always had a bureaucracy. A system for schooling. Even in the times of European colonialism, even during invasions of Manchurians and Mongols etc etc. During much of history it was the world's richest and most technically advanced society. That changed basically late 18th century. By that time African countries had already been colonialized for 200 years.
The comparison is absurd.
Re:South Africa's national electricity crisis to worsen
by TapWaterBandit on Monday November 21, 2022 @05:35PM
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Most African countries weren't colonised by Europeans until after the 1880s. Africa's time spent in empires was very small compared to their histories.
It sounds like you even agree on this, Africa has never been a place with any degree of modern state capacity. It isn't surprising that it is still failing to achieve this.
Reality is that no African majority country has ever been able to reach even middle income status. I suspect culture is the issue personally but until that fundamental fact changes all the people setting the bar at "Africa should develop" are making an assumption with no basis in reality.