is the 1st wrld so much better in per capita income than 2nd wrld [commnism] bc 1st wrld suckd/sucks 3rd wrld?

Question

first world plundered [euphemism: colonised] third world for centuries

russia backward in international trade, industrial revolution and imperialism 1500-1950

millions of african slaves in nth america, africa, west indies - european empires robbed, massacred & enslaved in china, asia, sth america

1st wrld enslaving most of world over centuries must have had some effect on world overpay and underpay

those who compare first world and second world are ignoring centuries of 1st wrld global imperialism?

[why crime doesnt pay: plunderers get plundered - european empires r already plundered, decayed - america buckling under cost of global selfdefense - the plundered get hard, the plunderers get soft - third world going from 20% to 80% of world wealth 1960-2050 - topsoil loss 1% a yr - population 40 billion by 2050 - 95% black/brown - ie, huge pop.s fighting over shrinking land - ie, goths & vandals x 1,000,000 - 1st wrld's only defense: nuclear

better teach ppl equality qk!

Answer 1

No it is not true. The first world got ahead by developing the skills of its own people and the capital base and infrastructure of its own countries.

Most of the rest of the world is catching up fast now anyway. By the end of this century peeople born in Mumbai or Kuala Lumpur will have at least as good a prospect of prosperity as those born in Manchester or Minneapolis.

But a few governments, such as Mugabe's in Zimbabwe, still prefer exploiting their people and ruining their country to leading them to peace and prosperity. Those countries will be the last to attain the good life.

Answer 2

Gee, who is doing the killing, starving, raping, ravaging, pillaging in Africa.