Comments by "" (@orboakin8074) on "A Tale of Two Islands" video.

As a Nigerian I can tell you that Average Brit isn't wrong. Most former British colonies tend to do better socioeconomically and politically compared to French ones. The British had a habit of importing and imposing their political and economic and social ideals on their colonies which tended to help them after colonialism. Yes, my country still has issues aplenty but compared to many other countries here in Africa and like Haiti, we are so much better economically and socially and politically and getting better still. Thank you British.
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As a Nigerian, this video and history of Haiti makes me appreciate the fact that the British were the ones who colonized/created my country and not the French. Most former British colonies tend to do better socioeconomically and politically compared to French ones. The British had a habit of importing and imposing their political and economic and social ideals on their colonies which tended to help them after colonialism. Yes, my country still has issues aplenty but compared to many other countries here in Africa and like Haiti, we are so much better economically and socially and politically and getting better still. Thank you British.
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@sinefromabovebabylon3577 So what is your point? china is the world's second largest economy and yet CHina also has the highest number of expats on earth?
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@BTL_LTW okay, o boy. But answer me one question: am I lying about anything I wrote in my comment about our country's better state because of British influence or would you rather we bee unstable, poor, and broken like Haiti, wartorn Sudan and Ethiopia?
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@anthonymanderson7671 friend, of all the ones you listed, only Vietnam is doing amazing. The others, not so much.
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@treeismyusernamewhyjustwhy thanks for sharing but I gotta correct you, friend. First, the way the British did colonialism is miles different. Look at their former colonies for yourself. The British ones tend to be more politically, socioeconomically, and Nationally stable compared to French ones. They also tend to have better relationship with Britain than France's colonies do. Second, colonialism is not something you Europeans invented and has always existed throughout human history, either via conquest or cultural infusion. It's is, sadly, a fact of human history, whether we like it or not. What matters more is that the colonizing force is one that actually brings stability or better social, economic and cultural values to the new lands and in Britain's case, they were just that. Look at what they did: Abolished slavery that predated European colonialism in Africa, established national identities (flawed but better than what existed before), left the frameworks for things like capitalism, infrastructure and democracy in much of Africa, and helped bring modernity. Heck! Botswana literally asked the British to make them a protectorate/colony in order to avoid being subsumed by apartheid South Africa and Rhodesia. They chose them because they were the better option compared to others and they shared similar sociocultural beliefs with the British. So please, tell me why we shouldn't be thankful for the British in Africa.
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@RedouaneRebat sorry but that's a lie. Most Francophone countries here lag behind us socioeconomically. The only exceptions are Seychelles, Mauritius and Tunisia.
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