Comments by "Doncarlo" (@doujinflip) on "Why Are Muslim Countries Poorer? - VisualEconomik EN" video.

  1. Even the rich ones like the Gulf States are on shaky ground once the oil wells run dry, and they can no longer afford to feel so blessed and entitled 🛢📉
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  2. It's in the name: "submission", i.e. obedience to men who claim to carry a closer connection to God/Allah despite all their still very human faults.
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  3. The Middle East used to be the center of humanity through the first five centuries of Islam. Then after the Mongol conquest receded, religious hardliners took over local politics and the region never recovered its past glory because their hostility against outsiders compelled Europe-Asia trade to sail around them ever since.
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  4. The US is the greatest example of success by a former colony 🇺🇸
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  5. That's what makes theocracies such a drag: "God will provide" so shut up and be satisfied with your station in life.
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  6. Maritime trade just exacerbated the ongoing decline of Islamic societies. Their growing hostility made the treacherous unmapped seas worth the risk compared to comfortable nights at their inns next to their established markets and caravan paths.
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  7. There's been widespread usage of air conditioning, personal cars, and cheap migrant labor for a while now. However based on what they spend their wealth on, it seems what they value are expressions of entitlement.
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  8. It would heal with every funeral and new birth, if certain local powers didn't intentionally reopen those old wounds to indoctrinate those old thoughts.
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  9. It'd be bad for all wealth transfers, that's why at least in America it'd only start to apply at estates worth more than most small businesses.
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  10. "Submission" is in the name though, which justifies submission to men who claim to have a closer connection to God/Allah yet unfortunately are still human. It's not uniquely Islamic, but characteristic of religious societies in any form.
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  11. The Golden Age of Islam ended ironically when Islamic dogma began to dominate Fertile Crescent commerce and politics.
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