Comments by "Taxtro" (@MrCmon113) on "vlogbrothers" channel.

  1. Why are poor countries is Sierra Leone specifically poor?
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  2. Both the left and the right have generic non-explanations for the varying success of different countries.
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  3. That's funny, because capitalism actually creates prosperity in Africa, while socialism created famine in Europe. An "underclass nation" is the most hilarous spin on Marxist terminology, I've come across, yet. What is this? National socialism?
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  4. Firstly it's mentioned every single time the difference in success between countries comes up - even if the country didn't even suffer from colonialism. Secondly if European countries were not already more advanced than the places, they colonized, they could not have done so.
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  5. That was not at all nuanced or complex.
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  6. To forcefully take someone's wealth sounds more like socialism to me. But no - of course the problem is allowing people to make voluntary transactions. Once every interaction between people will be forced by the government, it will all be flowers and rainbows and we can finally be as friendly towards other nations as the Soviet Union was.
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  7. And I thought they took the resources by force like socialists would. Turns out it was all voluntary trade.
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  8. Then how come African countries are all doing better than ever before? This new colonialism seems to be fairly beneficial for it's victims. In what world is being offered a loan the same thing as being forced at gunpoint? If you want to blame Western countries for anything, you should blame them for protectionism and sponsoring their own agriculture.
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  9. Prosperity for all like in the Soviet Union, hm?
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  10. No shit, you are watching John Green.
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  11. Something that never happened in the Soviet Union. Clearly the problem is allowing people to voluntarily trade goods. That's the real evil here.
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  12. No, that's not a key difference for anyone but lawyers and policemen. What's morally good is not the same as what's legal.
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  13. What makes Nigeria, a former colony, so successful? How come Ethiopia, which is not a former colony, is so poor? If colonialism didn't end, how come basically all African countries do better than they ever did? How successful does an African country need to become to lose victimhood status?
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  14. I think that's the most controversial stance, I've ever seen Hank Green take.
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  15. The reason I don't expect us to meet any extraterrestrial civilization in the next million years is the Dyson Dilemma.
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  16. I don't care whether butt is legs, but hands are 100% part of the arm. If someone finds an amputated arm, no one is going to say "I found and arm and a hand attached to it".
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  17.  @bobbyharper8710  Lots of school shooters want to die anyways. The death penalty is best for preventing crimes, for which you would never establish a death penalty.
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  18. I didn't know that colonization was strictly volunatry by the people getting colonized. I actually remember hearing words like "colonial war". Sounds more like taking something by force like your idols Robin Hood and Papa Stalin.
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  19.  @MinecraftEAT  The video isn't called "why Sierra Leone specifically is poor". Some former colonies do better than others.
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  20. You are deeply confused about what makes a country rich. Switzerland doesn't have shit for resources and it's one of the wealthiest places in the world. Although I think everyone has a responsibility to help everyone else, a lot of people in the "third world" share the opinion of not wanting to be seen as victims anymore. They actually find it quite insulting.
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