
Why Some Countries Are Poor and Others Rich - mouzogu
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-4V3HR696k
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sumedh
When I was living in India, I used to see my dad praying 1 or 2 hours a day, I
used to see my friends waiting in a queue for many hours just to visit their
god in a temple. I used to wonder isn't this a complete waste of time from
society's point of view.

If all these people could use that time to do something productive, it would
help the country. I remember my aunt telling me that only God can fix India's
problems, when I disagreed she was pissed off.

I wanted to be a hero and fix India's problems but then I took the easy way
out and moved to a developed country.

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vmorgulis
> I wanted to be a hero and fix India's problems but then I took the easy way
> out and moved to a developed country.

Not so easy way :-)

The video says that 20% of the wealth is cultural. I guess it's more. Western
countries are probably so successful because they inherited the greek and
roman culture.

Some countries in Asia (like Japan) switched from feudalism to capitalism in
few decades.

The difficulties of Africa could be explained by the lack of the writing
(unless it's a consequence). The society is more flat than vertical.

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known
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_mobility](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_mobility)
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[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_mobility](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_mobility)

