Comments by "Doncarlo" (@doujinflip) on "Can Venezuela Be Great Again?" video.

  1. Seems very similar in the GCC, where Saudi/Kuwaiti/Emirati/Qatari citizens will end up similarly unproductive and uncompetitive when they finally can't pay migrant workers to do everything for them.
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  2. It's competent and trusted institutions that are the key, which often happen through establishment in a difficult resource-poor locale. Hence why the modern world generally praises nations like Japan, Singapore, Botswana, and Uruguay over their larger, more endowed, but more corrupt neighbors (China, Indonesia, South Africa, Brazil).
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