Comments by "" (@shauncameron8390) on "Wendover Productions" channel.

  1. Actually, Africa's first foreign invaders were Arab Muslims.
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  2.  @exploringtheplanetsn  And the general lack of economic freedom because the government controls a lot of industry.
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  3.  @fgsaramago  The US has plenty of decent public schools. They're just found in the wealthier parts while the not-so-decent ones are usually found in "the 'hood" known for crime and poverty and most of the residents either live on social assistance or make too little to contribute to funding the schools.
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  4.  @jennifersalt3194  the problem is inequality.> And racism. The crappiest public schools are majority Black and Latino. And the biggest opponents of school vouchers and choice are Democrats who Blacks and Latinos vote for en masse.
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  5. Corruption and nepotism.
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  6. Angola was a participant in the Slave Trade.
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  7. Angola got its model from Russia, not the US.
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  8. Because the documentary is about Angola and its corruption. That's if they can finally get rid of the ruling MPLA. Maybe, but it still doesn't change the fact that Angola needs reform as the current model is just not adequate.
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  9. Commie, please!
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  10. Does the US have a 40% poverty rate like Angola?
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  11. 40% of Angolans live in poverty.
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  12. Not as much as socialism did. Madagascar Ethiopia Somalia Tanzania Ghana Angola Benin Equatorial Guinea Mozambique Zimbabwe Burkina Faso
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  13. Better than North Koreans siding with the Russians and starved when Russia cut off the aid.
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  14. No. It's socialism. The Angolan government controls most of the economy.
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  15. <implementing non-marxist policies > That's the only time Marxism prospers. By cutting back on the central planning and allowing some free-market capitalism to thrive. USSR under Khrushchev and China under Deng.
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  16. But America has never had and still doesn't have 40% of the population living in poverty.
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  17. There's hardly anything capitalist about Angola,
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  18.  @hydromic2518  Botswana is doing well.
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  19. Because socialism is not a producer. Just a consumer. Plus, it's hard to produce in an efficient and adequate manner with the government always in the way.
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  20. Except Angola is a socialist country with the government controlling most of the economy.
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  21. Isn't South Africa part of the BRICS?
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  22.  @RaymondHng  Especially if you're male.
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  23. While at the same time, South America is a socio-political revolving door between fascists and communists.
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  24.  Aeri Uchinaga  Actually it is. Just rebranded as social democratic.
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  25. That's nothing. Equatorial Guinea has vast natural resources and a small population, yet the rulers live like kings and 75% of the population live in poverty.
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  26.  rued siuu  Kleptocracy.
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  27. But Angola is not a free market, though. 40% of the population lives in poverty.
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  28.  @stefmyt5062  Angola is not a free market as the private sector barely exist. <Wealth is not "trickled down" onto the rest of us, it is accumulated at the top.> That's because the government controls it only going to members, families friends and supporters.
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  29. <Greed is a global phenomenon,> No. Greed is just humans being humans.
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  30. <because of incompetent governmen> Elected by a gullible and short-sighted populace.
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  31. But the MPLA is a Chinese puppet. Also used to be Russian/Soviet-backed.
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  32. Neither does it need centralized states. It has been doing that since independence to rather disastrous results like: Ethiopia under Mengistu DRC (Zaire) under Mobutu Equatorial Guinea under the Nguemas Somalia under Barre Angola under Dos Santos Zimbabwe under Mugabe CAR under Bokassa Guinea under Toure Kenya under Moi Uganda under Amin
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  33. Then stop living on your knees.
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  34. And Equatorial Guinea.
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  35. Angola already had its revolution. Russian and Cuban-backed revolution that is. These are the results.
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  36. Africa doesn't produce anything of its own. Africa has natural resources, but all the infrastructure to extract them were built by outsiders as Africa doesn't have the know-how or expertise to do it itself.
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  37. That's because everywhere else is small in land size and densely populated. Canada and the US are large in land size, but their population densities are limited to the Eastern Time Zone. Canada, the Quebec-Windsor corridor. The US, between Boston and Washington DC.
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  38. I blame tribalism and socialism.
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  39.  @bellairefondren7389  It's unreliable in North America.
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  40. Not even close. For all the American politicians' corruption, they don't have 40% of the people living in poverty and misery.
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  41.  @norikofu509  Like the Whites in Detroit.
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  42. China's government is corrupt.
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  43. Marxism always breeds incompetence.
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  44. Because humans are going to human like they have since Adam and Eve.
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  45. The MPLA liberalized the economy to Cuba's dismay.
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  46. The same UNITA that was originally backed by China with its purpose being to impose Chinese-styled communism Angola?
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  47. No. It's basically black elites and white expats living in luxury while average black citizens live in poverty.
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  48. None of the people received it, because it went to the government.
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  49. Angola is currently not at war. And the only country exploiting it theses days is China.
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  50. Actually yes it can with the one-time Russian-backed currently ruling MPLA as the centerpiece.
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