@@dot6614 size and population plays a big role in the development of a country. Singapore has less people, less resources, less land which makes it easier to control in the right hands
Look how big Africa is! So many countries yet they all failed to see past their little borders to form a unified powerhouse. How their colonizers still tax and forcefully harvest their resources is stupid.
People seem to want to paint everything either black or white. Africa IS poor because of colonisation. But it's also poor because of exploitation and internal corruption
It is not because of colionisation, but it is a direct consequence of the terrible way European powers left the consequence. They left hurt and a power vacuum that was filled up with Marxist ideologies. If the state controls every vital industry, it is a recipe for disaster. Remember that the US are former colonies as well...
This is a good point my ngga.. folks don’t understand us colonial era plays a large role but there was some good in colonialism is nothing is all bad and all good..
@@minniemv the truth is in the material analysis of the situation at hand, when looking critically at everything no matter the context will bring about a more complete picture of the situation at hand
And African officials not only allow it, but seek out personal deals for wealth. Individual African countries could stop the corruption, but they don't. Just like they could have stopped the slave trade, but sold their own people.
As someone who has been brought up and lived in Singapore her whole life, Singapore is TINY, an actual dot on the map. You can travel from one side to another in 1.5 hours. How are you going to compare a country like that with an entire continent?
It’s completely illogical to especially once you look at the history but because the extremely narrow and uniformed mind of thinking makes sense to say this former colony rich therefore colonization has no affect on countries today is exactly what they want you to think
Of course it matter. The point is that you learn what Singapore did right to be richer in gdp than it’s former coloniser. Singapore being tiny with no resources , without the land to even feed itself has more problems than Africa initially. Crime was rampant. The multi ethnic groups were rioting and killing each other . Singapore mostly moved forward from that. The problem with African nations is that many like to look for someone or something to blame and lost sight of any way forward .
Yea i agree, this woman is being a lier sorry and doesn't mention how france still has economic control over African countries in Africa today like she's stupid and doesn't mention neo colonialism, my best guess is she's a right wing pro western person
Suppose for a moment that she really was paid to say it. The question is, is she lying? Maybe you were paid to write your comment. The question is, is it true that she was paid? Do you have evidence to that effect or are you thumbsucking that?
I'm from Singapore, you have to remember, we are so so small. its really easy to implement and develop when the country is so small. Even law enforcement is much easier to implement. Policies are also easier to implement because we have a stable government
Yep she is speaking half facts. It’s not just colonisation it’s about that Africa is a majority of resources that the world can’t live without so it will always be suppressed… divide and conquer
She also completely ignored the facts of history and just grossly oversimplified centuries of history. Former colonies of Europe that are now poor had trillions of dollars worth of natural resources and other good stolen from them. India alone had 30+ trillion dollars worth of resources stolen. Singapore is a small city island nation that has no natural resources and therefore of course is not going to have their lands stolen for their resources. But of course the very simple a narrow mind of thinking that because this former colony is rich that means all other colonies should be able to regardless of the countless humanitarian atrocities committed and the giant amount of resources stolen from them.
@@cowpokejohnny3419shut up butches you European always justify colonialism by race your people say we are rich because we are superior common people don't no there all wealth come from India by loot 45 trillion dollars
Her denying that colonisation did not have an impact on African countries's economy tells me all that I need to know lol. I wonder who she is sucking up to... She needs to wake up lol. The colonizers never left! They are still there grabbing their fare share every week. Dhe is not saying what she thinks she is saying lol.
So what about all the other African countries that weren't colonized. Ethiopia wasn't colonized and its just as poor as the places that were colonized. They need to stop blaming there own problems on everyone else.
@@BryceV817 And Liberia was never colonized, but it’s still somehow than almost the entire rest of Africa. It’s also the 4th poorest country in the world.
Africa has been exploited and brutalaised for far longer than Singapore, a single city that had money poured into it as one if not the most important port cities of the 19th and 20th century. No comparison to many african nations. This woman is talking complete nonsense
Exactly what a uneducated take she has. People don't actually know the details of how the continent was colonialised and destabilised. Sanctions and laws where made to actively prevent the processing of African resources within the continent itself. For example cocoa in Ghana. The French government hold to this day reserves of its colonies. Africa is not truely independent and if it where the rest of the world would be a bankrupt wasteland. Its by design.
@@MaiNKoncept FRANCOPHONE countries still pay colonial tax to France... Africa is not yet a free continent... that's why they force all these military bases everywhere in the continent..This Colonizer sympathizer doesn't know what she's talking about...
@@joshnwobodo8958 because the experience of colonisation is very similar no matter which African country. To add Singapore is home to many Anglo financial institutions base of operations in the region.
@@keshi5541 colonialism can make a country bad, but the fact that the country still sucks long after the colonizer left tells me that the shitty government is the main reason it sucks. Taiwan was a Dutch colony and is doing good same with the UAE, Australia,new Zealand,Canada, Cyprus.
So true, the lady on the video is speaking facts We as Africans are our worst enemies. If people elected real leaders who care about the well-being of their countries and not corrupt politicians Africa would have gone far by now Only blaming this on racism and colonization is stupid
The thing that gets me about these kind of remarks because I’ve heard these remarks since the freaking 60s and it’s bullshit because if you look at the contracts that these people have to sign with them and their families are killed, and then the position of power that they put into but it’s self empowerment it’s not really power is to show the world that you have corrupt leader ship, which isn’t the truth And we have our CIA and everybody that picked these assholes out much is an Africa but in Haiti look at what we’ve done in Haiti oh please don’t look at Haiti right as if Haiti is responsible for your own shit to when wooden ones that put the dictators in there and wooden ones that made sure that when we put the dictators in there that we make sure they change the constitution so that we can take Dylan and what are we taking? We’re taking some minerals that a ton of it is like $45 billion a time for our space crafts and everything else do we talk about that we need to get your shit together before you keep making these type of comments I’m tired of these comments it just shows you how ignorant you guys were in the past how ignorant you was in in in in the present, and how ignorant you choose to continue to be in the future, and it doesn’t help us one iota.
And just remember just as a example France extorts $500 billion a year at a 14 African countries is anybody saying anything about that? Is anybody trying to stop that $500 billion a year so don’t talk about corrupt leader ship talk about colonialism and what it actually doesn’t is and how you got more military in Africa from French alone they have any other place in the world including in France get over 50 million I think it is military people in in in in Africa just from France alone wake up dumb ass
@@MariaSanchez-kg2fl they your mixed breed out of African people's business,by the way you have African in you, Latino have more kids than African women 😱
Impunity??? Let's be fair here, and start history where it should be started please, if we say impunity, let's include the colonisers too, were they ever punished? No.... So yes impunity of corrupt leaders but also impunity of colonisers.
not just that. First it is colonization and taking of the resources and dividing the place with straight lines and squares which led to a lot of conflicts that led to Africa being so poor since military need money. Secondly Singapore is a small country thus easy to rule while African nations most of them are big and very diverse thus hard to rule. Thirdly every nations is corrupt no matter what whether it was small or big. fourth a lot of democratic countries have a big problem with a bunch of liars. and finally strait of Malacca is a place where every cargo ships go through basically like a silk road on the medieval times that is why they're rich.
@@alfredo481 Why don't u research dear? Comparing a small port city into a whole continent with centuries of still existing colonization and exploitation. Then, literally saying "aww colonization is not that bad, everyone did it". F off.
she gonna say anything just to please the white folks, also Singapore was a British colony and a lot of ex British colony has managed to thrive, but you will never find any ex french colony that managed to recover from colonization, France still control the economies of most of the African countries, they finance the military coup and they did a lot of military operation in Africa in the last years.
@Ingoc you sound like you don't keep up with history or current events. Western countries have killed many African leaders trying to do right by their people. Shove it!!
Gaddafi was such a bad leader when he made Libya rich with free healthcare, high literacy rates, cheap oil prices and free $20,000 handouts for newly wed couples. The minute he announced he was going to stop using the dollar but instead move to the dinars currency which he planned for the whole of Africa. US funded a coup that overthrew him and the people killed him like a dog mercilessly. Now look where Libya is now the country has never been the same as it was before. The US wants to keep the status quo.
@@CrazyPanda.000na bub, he was the biggest revolutionist of his time. he exposed American propaganda and told the real truth of Europeans and Westerners to his brothers. that's why he was killed because it isn't about Democracy, it is about who control whom if Africa had united a single Country from the help of different leaders, West would sink deep in the sea such that it can never rise to see the sun again
Lmao. Why don't you complain about arab colonization of north Africa. They were the ones who created black slavery. At least whites introduced electricity to you guys.
She seems to know very little about international relationships, especially laws that were imposed during colonialism that are still in place to extract wealth. She should look at the poorest countries in Africa and explain why they are still paying a ridiculous high colonial tax even today.
Yep, and these west country created problem like strange boarder situations with neighbors, conflicts Artificial neighbor that only will fight , not gone live or let live Puppet dictator that will give advantage to their goal , their company
Singapore is a small country with very little resources. The continent of Africa was never decolonised, virtually all of its resources are owned by western powers hence why you have 'terrorists' fighting petrol companies in Nigeria. In Francaphone countries they must deposit all of their money in to French banks. If we want to talk about corruption thats fine, but stop pretending that we dont directly benefit from the exploitation of the continent.
Singapore also has the 3rd highest average iq in the world. The first African country to make the list is Egypt at 68th. Iq is the best predictor of long term life success.
@@sean_haz IQ is not something that is set in stone. It can either be increased or decreased dependent on multiple factors with access to education and wealth being the two major ways to increase IQ.
@@vicious12394 Education doesn't increase iq, and wealth only does if their lack of wealth was leading to malnutrition. If there is evidence to the contrary I haven't seen it.
Colonization is a huge reason for why Africa is poor and anyone who has opened up a book on the continent will attest to that. It's not the ONLY reason or even the MAIN reason. One of the main reasons lies in selfish corrupt people leading the African revolutions and not letting go of power for the next 40 years, thus driving their countries' economies into the ground. The other reason is western backed coups throwing the actual good, pro-African, anti-western, oftentimes socialist leaders (Thomas Sankara of Burkina Faso, Patrice Lumumba of DRC, etc) out of power so they can be replaced with corrupt, autocratic, but pro-western and pro-capitalist leaders who undid all of their predecessor's progress. The best modern example is Libya. Gaddafi wasn't by any means a great leader. He did terrible things and he was insane. But he knew how to keep a country functional and knew how to provide the Libyan people with a standard of living on par with the middle income countries of Latin America, which is a huge step up for a lot of African countries. As soon as Gaddafi was killed, Libya fell into chaos, civil war broke out and people started selling slaves in the streets.
Singapore resources is just non-existent. Anyway, Singapore is a small metropolis that can be easily managed due to how little people there are and the government is stable. Africa is rich, has great potential, but in the wrong hands probably
@@rovanajean9550 give 1940s Singapore to african it will fell into ruins... just like tiny country timor timor with huge oil reserve it fell beyond poverty.. they think they are the next singapore but dam these native are incompetent now
@@rovanajean9550 oh boy did the British tried to keep a grip on Singapore and Malaya resources route. You forgot having Singapore there to facilitate rubber trade was an amazing busniess oppurtunity. But People still fight back. The British didnt leave willingly, Rovana. Well if Lee Kuan Yew and his Team didnt put in the system, infrastructure, and laws to take oppurtunity of the global economy of trade. We wouldnt be as "rich" as you all said. Just because we are smaller and in a much easier implement controlled environment doesnt mean we didnt put in the hard work man. Yea we are small, doesnt mean we are having it easy. How many small countries can do the same? Is Brunei doing the same? Is Taiwan doing the same? So no. Strictly talking about geography is a too simplistic and reductive way of looking at Singapore success. Why do you think China have social and economical experiment cities all over. They copy us first and expand.
@@lukelim5094 my point being that because Singapore is so small, they have little to no natural resources, specially mineral unlike Africa, a big continent filled with golds and so much resources. Aside from that, Singapore is pretty much a lot easier to manage with a decent amount of people and a functional government. Easy as just that, we don't have to go deep into colonization history to see why one fails yet other reign. Is colonization bad? Absolutely. Do they affect the growth of a nation? Undoubtedly. But we do have to remember that even after freedom the nation's growth can fall into the wrong hands.
Resources don't make citizens rich. Just look at the Middle East, or South Africa. You need a high level of education and a low level of corruption. Those are the resources African countries need, and sorely lack.
You fail to realize that you are the people of the land, if you do not control it, its you, its your fault that you allow your own people to be corrupt. You are responsible. YOu cannot get better and grow by continuing to blame someone else for you decisions and actions.
It's not just past colonialism, it's the fact that this colonialism was so total and with such disregard for the indigenous people that these countries are plagued by war, political instability, and serious corruption. All of this, on top of the fact that they had no collateral but their mines and cheap labor, made it near impossible to get favorable loans, and so these countries have been stuck paying interest on the shitty loans they got. Sometimes that money went to a genuinely good infrastructure project or something. Other times, it went directly into the pockets of dictators and the national bourgeoisie. Either way, the result ends up the same: the interest becomes the only thing they can really afford to pay for. And now, their mines are no longer theirs, their labor is not compensated fairly, there will be more war as time goes on. The solution is clear. Africa must unite as one country and nationalize their mines. They will need to fight corruption.
As a Singaporean, I would have to say that both the geography and means of colonisation were very different. Singapore obviously got far ahead by being situated in the Strait of Malacca and having a deep natural harbour. Now the maritime industry is not the only key to our success, but it provided much of the capital that could then be put into our education system, then our manufacturing sector, then amenities like public housing, our public education system etc. Singapore is also small and easy to manage. In the past we have had race riots and gang activity, but that is all gone now. In so small an island there is nowhere to run. In Africa (I’m painting in broad strokes here), the colonists were mostly interested in exploiting the resources of the region. Even as the colonists left those resources that had not been completely depleted continued to be mined and sold for European profit. In addition, many of the colonists had forced locals off their fertile lands and onto poorer lands that could not yield as much(er, I think this was mostly the case in South African diamond mines). In a continent full of hostile environments where the weather could be extremely volatile, many were reliant on subsistence farming, so you can imagine how this would devastate the locals. Many such policies, designed to benefit only a privileged minority continued to be propped up by subsequent dictators. And just how did these dictators rise to power? Many such as Idi Amin came from the very regimes put in place to benefit only the colonisers. Mix this corruption with the fact that borders were arbitrarily drawn with no regard for tribal boundaries, and you have a recipe for civil unrest. Even better, have your regime actually emphasise these racial inequalities, just look at Rwanda(by the way I would just like to say that in spite of their past Rwanda seems to be on the right track nowadays). Anyways I will have to agree that the victimhood mentality that is constantly perpetuated can only damage Africa. I think it is only useful in preventing further injustice because Europe is not going to pay reparations for what they did. But Singapore is just a bad example to compare it to. I think what Singapore did was unprecedented, and Africa is completely different, geographically speaking. If they want to improve, they will need to do something equally unprecedented.
Also I would like to add when China was having its industrial boom because of the industrial outsource work from USA , Chinese businessman made huge profits but when China state put hard taxation on businesses. a lot of Chinese businessman moved there headquarters to Singapore for the ease of taxes hence brought a lot of FDI to Singapore. Which is not the case with Africa it's very hard for them to attract FDI ( foreign direct investment).
@@jamesbarlow6423 it's called internal corruption. African countries are some of the most blatantly corrupt countries in the world. Stop regurgitating "woke" propaganda and go learn something worth a damn.
@@kincaid9134 . I know Peace Corps volunteers who've lived and worked in numerous African countries for years. They got where they are because of colonial exploitation, not marxism etc. But you own a fat wallet made in a Sri Lanken tanning factory by an 8 year old who makes 5 $ a week, don't you little patriot man?!🤣
Africa is such a difficult continent to assess, Not only before colonization, our relationships with each other were complex and difficult in terms of territory, but Even after colonization and the introduction of democracy, many of our people do not realize that each individual can be valuable to the society, I have always been amazed of how some of us idolize people that show no interest in the greater good. We need to have this awaking of consciousness that each of us has a skill that can help another one and that words are not enough to prove that you care, you need to show action. Africans will blame their misery on everything but the people that leads them.
Big of you to put motives on a black woman's words. You are accusing her of the same corruption she is calling out in her home continent. Are you African? People who talk to Jordan Peterson more often get hate than praise. She's speaking the opposite of the western narrative for Africa. You think a little money would be worth being called a race traitor? No, this woman speaks from conviction and personal knowledge.
She’s telling the truth, Kabuga is still alive & many Africans helped him evade arrest all those years after he convinced thousands of Africans to brutally & savagely slaughter 1 million Africans for tribal reasons & many of those murderers are still free terrorizing Congo. There’s many countries in Africa that mishandle money they don’t invest it back into the infrastructure instead live lavishly high on the hill while half the constituents are below poverty
How many sinaporens were enslaved and sold to far off continents? How many were put in circus cages for people to see the beast captured by brave white hunters? How many were looted of their ancestral wealth? The Brits poured money into Singaore to make it a leading trading post in east. They never helped the blacks and Africans. Only a fool can compare Africa with Singapore. Africa missed the bus because colonial powers threw it under the bus.
@@utathyamanna6435 I disagree with your examples. Germany and Japan were fully industrialized countries that received massive investments from the U.S. after the war. Quatar is a tiny population swimming in oil where expats do most of the actual work. Better examples would include countries like Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Phillipines, etc. None of these countries are first world, but it is clear that they have overcome their colonial challenges.
Singapore isn't the only exception. India isn't doing half bad, Morocco also recovered nicely from what I've heard, and I seem to recall Botswana and the South African Republic also have a lot of potential. Not to mention Mauritius and the Seychelles, which are doing better than a lot of European countries. The USA are also a former colony, although that was quite a while ago so I won't blame you for not counting them.
As an African who has lived in Singapore, I think there is some gross over simplification going on here. Singapore does not have the same level of natural resources that even a small and relatively unspoken about African country has like Eswatini. So when Singapore declared independence from Malaysia and essentially traded wealth for freedom, the only thing it had going for it were it's ports and its size from a community action perspective. It's ex colonisers all but abandoned the new nation to sink or swim, and with the blessing of good leadership, a sacrifice and community oriented, merchant minded populace who had undergone the horrors of fending off Japanese occupation, so knew to band together, they began their tiny nation. Most African countries did not have the same "fantastic' group of problems. Their colonisers never truly left. The example that I use- Eswatini- is a great parallel. Their first monarch (really the one who united the nation) traded a quarter of the most mineral rich land to buy independence, land which is still being mined today, 2 generations later. With a generation of good leadership, Eswatini began to rise on its feet, with education starting to be a thing for a half starving land locked populace. The farming nation began to make use of its last resource -good soil - and governance structures were set up. But unlike Singapore, Eswatini' s neighbours' problems interfered with the growing country. They were at the mercy of Apartheid South Africa and Mozambique. The living influences of colonisation knee capped the country's development. The same group of people who made money off the mines that King Sobhuza I was forced to sell to keep a semblance of independence, came in and bought sugar cane farms and always always always the economic power never sat with the populace, but rather with the people coming in who could set the price they wanted, because they had the economic links. So what was a fledgling nation supposed to do? Starve the people of their future? Their education? Or submit to the status quo, with the hope that in a future generation things might be better. So they did the latte, while secretly protecting the freedom fighters who would eventually go on to win out against the Apartheid government. It was a risky gamble for many reasons because they were surrounded by their colonisers, risked invasion in the now and the plan backfiring in the future if weak leadership was at the country's helm. The latter was Eswatini's unfortunate outcome. While Singapore had 3 generations of strong leaders to navigate it out of its circumstance, Swaziland as it was known, only had arguably 1.5 generations of good leadership, combined with a faux independence that hamstrung them economically from the jump. Most other African countries had that economic power issue from the start, which is something Singapore largely avoided. Singapore is owned by Singaporeans, whereas even the African countries like Botswana that managed to avoid the hundreds of years old legacy of psychological horrors of colonisation, still have a 50/50 split of their largest income producing mineral with DeBeers - a colonial era agreement if ever there was one. I love Singapore, I love each of these other countries I've used as examples. I've grown up in all of them. But the outcome for Africa is not the same, because our problems are not the same. It'll probably take another 2 generations for things to change, but even then I wonder if equal footing will ever be found. Because as we speak China, India and Russia are making similar economic land grabs. Africa has never had that great luxury that we all need- to be left alone, regardless of the consequence, to simply be.
There’s no such thing as mental colonization. It’s simply corruption. European states are rich, African leaders only care about money, most of the time they’re working with European leaders.
You still make your own decisions. Continuing to blame a group, a person or a situation because of your failure is ignorant. You make you own decisions, mentally or physically. Personal responsibility.
@@cool28990 divided the country, human exploitation, agriculture exploitation, resources exploitation, setting disputes between india and china, destroyed its economy, mass murders at protests by police for over 200 years ago. And before that almost 500 year india had to suffer because of middle east invaders.
@@prajwalbharambe343 Natives in Canada have their own land with their own laws and police, but I mean most Americans don't even know what year the country was founded lmao not surprised you don't know antyhing.
Tiny percentage? Somebody tell this assimilated woman today France is being kicked out of Burkina Faso and the new leader has just officially banned of exporting uranium to the french soil.
🤦♂️ Singapore didn’t have any resources or riches to loot, there location makes them rich, and the British couldn’t have possibly loot their location. In fact, in places like Hong Kong and Singapore, the British built facilities to make money, in Places like Africa and India, they looted them. And why is she telling an American guy about this, he’s got nothing to do with this.
Yeah never shows opposition. Not like he kinda got famous from contently being in interviews where they're constantly trying to argue his views. Glad to know you made that comment not knowing that. Tells me all i need to know lol
@@iwillgowiththatcat8667 Only proved their point completely wrong but, guess it doesn't matter. When it doesn't fit your view of something it never matters.
@@coolunusual keep worshiping Peterson , did he consider the other view, like that France still the one who prints most of African currency CFAfranc or that France takes over 50% of export revenue of the african countries , supporting dictators and military coup ...
One reason why people believe Africa is poor is because Movies and those Sad TV commercials only show the poor parts of Africa they don't show the rich parts.
@@HEXhibitionist Poor countries normally don't have the resources to train Doctors and I've seen several African Doctors who came from well off family house holds
@@elkaotik6790 Tell that to African Dictators who go around Ethnic Cleansing other Africans while the world go on as if nothing is happening but oh starving kids now that's a real problem. In a lyric from Damian Jr. Gong Marley - Patience is says Evangelists making a living on the videos of ribs of the little kids. Africa is poor in some parts. America is wealthy in comparison but the belief that the whole of Africa is poor is a stupid statement.
Europeans: Killed, raped and looted people in almost all African countries This woman: "Maybe" Africa is poor because of colonization Africa needs better governance, education and development, but not by forgetting who caused their misery in the first place. Forgive, but never forget.
Africa is not poor, it's full of resources and chinese are drooling over it. Do you think African people are poor because you the ones starving but you fail to ignore their leaders flying in private jets. Example: ex Angola President Jose Eduardo dos Santos. The country that portuguese 'left' while guerrillas destroyed the 3 existent railways, destroyed infrastructure and made sure to plant landmines pretty much everywhere so they were left without fertile land safe to agriculture and people losing limbs. Their own people did it
That all happened in Europe too, but in higher numbers. Africa was poor even when they just enslaved each other, they weren’t exactly living the high life prior to European contact. All they’ve done is taken from Europeans. They’ve done nothing themselves and have spent the last few hundred years living off others. They are lucky
Don’t forget Hong Kong, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and USA. Oh and Britain was colonized by the Roman’s as well but people forget or don’t know history.
I’d say the problem is that the world expects these recently colonized people who weren’t even allowed to read in some places until 100 years ago are constantly punished for not living up to the standards of the powers that dominated them and the world
The problem is they’ve lived in some of the most fertile lands on the planet for 10s of thousands of years and we’re never living up to the same standards
@@sethwilliams8916 it was their land they do with it as they choose. Just because you lay next to the most fertile woman in the world and don’t beat the box right doesn’t mean I can come to your house with guns and take her from you 🤷🏼
So we're not going to talk about radical Islam's affect on the continent? We're going forget the billions in foreign aide and various charity groups that focus on supporting these countries' efforts to improve education, secure medical care, and necessary supplies? To answer you, yes, after 100 years and several generations there is an expectation that free people would make progress and enjoy more security and stability. Corrupt leaders/governments must be exposed and removed. It may cost lives but not doing so costs even more. Your post demonstrates the problem with the anti racist type thinking. It blames all outside forces and robs people of their agency leaving them as victims.
@@messagefamilystyled1101 I get what you’re saying but technically you can! In your government finds enough interest in the land surrounding your house they’re going to find a way to get your land and your house.
She just forget the whole divided and rule shit which put as against each other and lead us to civil war post colonial period ,yet she sit here to tell us this generation is the reason for the deep poverty when we never be in peace for one decade as an African🤦♀️
I’m nearly 40, and they’ve been given charity and help for as long as I remember. Sponsor a child this, blind people that….well they haven’t improved in 40 years of getting money and help from all over the world. They don’t want to get better. So stop helping them. The money always gets misused and ends up in corrupt hands. Stop sending them money!
I mean you really do have a point @Arusha, that's why countries like Samoan, Cook Island, Rarotonga and Niue will be the next Singapore right? You need to understand, without a leader, your country will never stand. I grew up in Singapore for 10 years and lived through the 2 inflation crisis but Singapore still triumph. Pastor John C Maxwell, "everything rises and falls on leadership." To develop your country, first study your strength, secondly utilize your natural resources and thirdly develop your human resources for next generation workforce of the world. Start small, focus on small towns, move up to developing states, then to provinces, then to cities, then to countries, send out leaders to impact, influence and inspire in the different countries in Africa, then you will see true success, people are fruitful and living with purpose.
@@thedarkking32 A public apology from your "royal" family would have done the job but nope. They have no guilt. At least return the stolen items that you keep in your museum ( since you can't pay back the money )
This is not something to be ignored. People don't know what slavery and colonization did to human minds, then those men and women bear children in that state of mind and then the children bear children in the same state of mind...lesser human beings. The mind sets in my country for example started to change in my generation. My parents and my grandparents who were actually colonized suffered dehumanization which is very hard to overcome. If you go to south Africa you will notice the difference between the white mindset and the colonized black mindset. It will take two generations to overcome that. Also the most chances for education started coming in my parents time when they were already grown up. Most of my age mates take care of their parents and their parents inherit them. quite backwards i know. Because the lands were taken away from them and they didn't get a chance for education. They cannot lift themselves out of poverty. Those countries developed got help to build themselves. We all need help ourselves. Instead of help we get looters of our natural resources. How then can Africa build itself? People need to research the origin, purpose and results of slavery and colonizatio.
Everyone in history has experienced this and literally everything you said, plus a shitload you forgot. This is not a black thing. This is not an Africa or African thing. This is a human thing. And you’re not special or unique in this. No one is. Get over it.
@@Dylan-gy1hp i didn't say it's a black thing. I said human minds. It takes about a while to overcome the mindset. Insults and demeaning comments lifts your ego, isn't it?
@@Dylan-gy1hp Please look at the facts before you write your hate comment. Aknowledge that you know absolutely nothing about these peoples trauma, but somehow you are ignorant enough to belittle it. If you think racism didn't play a huge part in the brutal colonization in Africa, maybe you should read a history book.
@@manz7860 Keep talking that way but don't complain if a "superior culture" does the same to your country and your people again. I don't want to hear any victim nonsense from you if that arises again in the future (because trust me it will, even the strong mighty Rome fell and every other strong empire so it's proven nothing simply lasts forever. Another fact from the beginning it was the Romans who civilized Europe in the first place, most of Europe was very far behind the world at the time so most of achievement should in reality be given to them specifically. "Before the Romans arrived Britain and western Europe were dominated by Celtic peoples and their culture, usually based on village life. They were without any major stone constructions, aqueducts, organized bureaucracy, education (they were illiterate), political organization, cities, paved roads, etc."
Singapore is practically an independent Chinese colony. It has a majority Han population, a population not indigenous to the region, and broke away from Malaysia for this very reason.
singapore had nothing, not even water, the malay cut them off to die!! but they rise from ashes and bring this tiny island to become the richest part. trading port? there are thousand of trading port in this strait but they were runnned by incompetent people
@@PermenBoba-dq3jb u are disregarding the fact that before ww2, Singapore was a rich trading hub, and was a very lucrative colony of the British empire. It is true that after ww2 they experienced extreme hardship, and we ought to give them praise for being able to rise out from that state. Their people deserve the prosperity that they are now experiencing.
@@kobalt6927 you are forgetting their riches didn't come from tiny singapore alone!!! british control all malaysia!, without malaysia singapore won't even have fresh water!!! and the malay did it on purpose, and yet they still rise, singapore neighbours with rich resource, many lands still couldn't come together and built port the same quality as the singaporeans. and how funny that not even the malay, singapore, indonesia ever complained about colonialism making their country poor
She's practically clutching at straws! Lol Singapore is a police state, with all resources directed at specific goals. You can't compare that to large democracies or autocracies, that have to deal with constant internal and external strife, due to inefficient boundaries, as well as the corruption that such strife brings about. Then there's China with its Debt Traps designed to steal rare earths and other valuable resources. No comparison.
@@AtlasofInfo Yeah except africa cant because they have no access to their rich sources mostly but their "ex"colonisers do. So yeah they are still kinda colonized
100% true Singapore is rich because of its too good rulers and the government formed by the greatest leader l lee kuan yew , good leadership and people’s support for them makes all the difference
It's true, 75% of Singapore is Chinese. Malaysia has 65% are Malay, 23% Chinese and 8% Indian but the richest 10 people in Malaysia, 9 Chinese, 1 Indian and 0 for Malay, everyone know why? but we must not say for what reason. The richest people in Asian are Chinese too.
@@cfu242 read again. I'm living near Singapore and I'd hate to break it to you. Malay are rich. Brunei are not visible in your tiny mind. And malay royal has many as industries and had many Chinese labor. Just read again bro. Your illiteracy are showing
Very wise woman. Getting caught up in the past and using it as an excuse, just shows ignorance and laziness. It shows you're just grasping for something, anything, to avoid accountability.
@@slappy8941 you’re talking shit about “black culture” with a burner account on youtube. not to mention that you literally generalized black people in general with a single cultural stereotype, indicating that you’re not very intelligent either
It’s got nothing to do with laziness. Africans are hard workers. Ignorance of how the world works yes exists. Africa is also captured by greedy politicians who squash any progress, but this should not be an excuse. This lady speaks truth wisdom……and there is a generation rising which does not seek dependence on the west. Africa has a great future as long as they adapt their great values to this age.
@@choicehealthbw That's not the laziness I was speaking of. I mean that instead of working towards something better, people either expect others to do it for them or believe that they cannot make changes. So yes, this woman and others like her can and will raise their nations from the past, as other colonized countries have, and from the bitterness & excuses of the present.
@@bogdanov2395you really think the world is that simple. Do you find it strange that a world of 8 billion people are all using the same economical capitalist system. Everyone is working 9-5, banks everywhere, schools everywhere; you're telling me humanity natural way of living is capitalism ? Come on wake up evil rulers are in charge of this world. It's more than black and white
@@bogdanov2395 You're comparing all of these countries as if all the US influence is the same. They're not, go read a book with those nimble eyes of yours.
This sort of analysis is damaging. Yes, poorer countries have their own responsibilities. And it's also true that being dominated and ripped off by other countries contributed to the problem. Most of the countries that have been colonized, developed a habit of dependency and self doubt. That's why they don't even try to better themselves. But they are cherry-picking one country "Singapore" to give immunity to colonizers. It's like blaming the victim for not recovering their trauma by showing someone else who did, and calculatedly removing the focus from the original culprit. This is sick. Peterson is a sneaky vile person.
That is obviously not cherry picking, only if you know how much colonized countries outside Africa that are doing well We have tons of them like India, Pakistan, Phillipines, Canada, Indonesia and the mighty USA; who has been colonized by France and invaded by UK during its weaker era To add the matter of fact that the southern part of Africa are more barbaric before colonization
@@human1754 The fact that you added Pakistan to this list is hilarious. The funny thing is the reason they're failing is a very good explanation for most African countries failure. The problem with most African countries is corrupt leadership. Now pick any of the most corrupt regimes in Africa and just go back two predecessors. You will normally find a very direct line to whoever colonised the country. I cannot speak for other African countries but where I live, the most corrupt leaders were all trained by our former colonial masters and given arms to quell revolts. You cannot talk about economics in a vacuum. There are so many reasons for African poverty and while they're not all directly caused by colonisation, almost all of them are related to it one way or another.
@@human1754 USA and Canada???? You do realize people living there are the descendants of colonisers and slaves they brought along with them?? Plus other immigrants that came afterwards?? Native Americans were ERADICATED!!
@@xenicmark EXACTLY! same thing with the middle east, i live in Egypt and almost each president we ever had is an obedient slave for multiple western powers like USA, UK and Isra*l....our only president (who wasn't a slave to the west) was literally removed by a coup💀💀 What does THAT tell you?
REALLY ?? America is richer I don't think so. If you live in the affluent areas you maybe but behind Beverly hills mansions are 60 thousand people living on the streets. You drive around if flashy cars but can't afford basic health care. You worship movie stars but disrespect and spit on your military who go into battle to protect you so you can then stand on a street set fire to the flag that those same military hold sacred. Richer than us are you we own the biggest gold reserves in the world you have millionaires and billionaires so what but you have more people on food stamps and food banks you advertise yourself as a Great country and yes you used to be but not anymore
@@kwakufrimpong5218 it because of the people who vote for same party every 4to5 years election even though we know every president that came from that party after Nelson was a pain in the butt
...and basically because of socialist systems (though its the same). With a more free market africa would grow very fast. Africa could definately supply itself with food and contribute much to the food supply of the world. But some rich men - not the avarage western person - dont want it.
But isn’t Africa divided into smaller sections, countries. Why can’t those individual countries sort themselves out then come together to build a solid Africa?
@@God.sDaughter What Africa unlike Singapore and other western Countries isn't a ethno state and also is divided by religion this already causes 90% of Sepratist and Terrorists movements and also all conflicts also look at colonisation of Africa and The Americas or Asia most African Colonies were only to extract minerals they didn't care about they brutally murdered every moving to independence in these countries forced them to hard work with nearly nothing in return left many places abandoned and also only let some people into school and also made some Ethnic groups better than the other (example Tutsi & Hutu) after WW2 they realised that what they doing isn't nice so they let them go independent but still didn't wanted give up things and litteraly just commited Neo Colonisation and ever President against it was either a Dictator and murdered or misteriously died only to put in Western Puppets ruining the nation and destabilise it only form the to exploit even easier without anyone noticing. Wow Africa really is like Singapore
She also forgot to mention lack of political interference. Singapore was allowed to run itself after colonization, Africa however, nope, the west always meddling
Africa is a continent, there are many small countries in Africa, and it is not land locked so many countries in Africa have an advantage. The main reason for Singapores success was due to great leadership which African countries lack.
she said that africans should stop vinctimizinh themselves and get their act together. but they wont do that because they are africans, always on the bottom of humanities hierarchy
@@larsrainer6763 victimizimg themselves? they don't have nothing to start with and everything the make is straight up stolen by the colonizers and they don't even have any possibilities, and when the go to Europe, America or places where they can have better possibilities they are bullied by the country they go too
@@seraftt yea sure. they had 8000 years and couldnt get anything done except for some dirt huts. u expect the europeans to just leave all the minerals and diamonds there alone just because some „people“ live there that cant even write? u should be thankful to europeans they brought them culture
Nigeria is a living example. So much resources. When Britain left poverty was 15 percent. When naira was created a naira was equivalent to two dollars. Now poverty rate is 63 and a dollar is a thousand naira 😂😢
We have to take into consideration that Singapore is basically the size of a city, it's not big at all. Developing something the size of a city and developing a whole continent are tasks of a very different scope.
Seriously she is comparing Singapore to the whole African continent. 😂education is important yet the mess the colonial powers still create and meddling today is still happening on so many levels. Afghanistan is in theAsian continent why didn’t she use that to compare.
Sorry my Africans brother and sister but I am right or wrong please comment. Africans accept British culture, religion, dress code , language but they rejected technology,. Sorry brothers and sisters Why are you going there ? You have resources, large land , ability and many more to build better continent than others Love you all Africans from India 🇮🇳
this girl dont know that most african countries that are so called "independent" are not actually independent, we are still colonized, most of the african wealth actually go to the colonizers because of imposed laws, for example in tunisia (where am from) we sell olive oil, salt, and so much other stuff to france(our colonizers), at the cost of about 2% of what the citizens actually pay for it. tunisia could be so rich just of olive oil, we are one of the biggest if not the biggest producers of olive oil. also our education system is still colonzed, we follow the French curriculum, and we cant remove French as a subject even though 95% of the students fail the subject with grades below 7/20 , after year 10 every subject becomes in French. so students just drop out from school early just because they know they wont understand anything beyond year 10, because every thing is in French. Ps: 95% could be an exaggeration, but you get the point. at my school, out of 100 student at my grade only about 30-20 pass. and i studied in a private school, now think about the public school.
Thank you for sharing this! People think that just because slavery is “over” (it’s not) and Europe isn’t out here promoting their colonization that it doesn’t happen anymore. It sickens me. Europe will really dismantle an entire country take away all its resources force said country to trade with them otherwise they have the power to block them from being traded with and then have the nerve to be like “why can’t these 3rd world countries pick themselves up” like this shit is a joke
So.. you are so dumb and constantly fail im a foreign language. Even after 10 years. How is this the language's problem? For your products: easy. Sell them for more.
You know the issues you are facing in the country, then what’s stopping you from standing up and making changes as a country when you have seen what’s wrong with it?
She says “we have been capturing each other back and forth”. Europeans captured Africa. When did Africa capture Europe. Europeans captured both north and South America completely erasing the native population. When did native Americans capture Europe. Britain captured and plundered India. When did India destroy Britain. There is no back and forth. And yes it is important to free ourself from the inferiority colonial mindset and think about the future. Who doesn’t want prosperity right. But it is important to never forget the atrocities committed and more important to keep reminding the Europeans that their ancestors were some of the worst of human kind. Because these European and current Americans are totally unapologetic about their past crimes.
Cross continental travel is a very new thing in the grand scale of things. If you look back, for thousands of years empires were formed in the African continent. Your point about native Americans is ill informed. They were at war with each other long before Europeans came. If African empires or Native American tribes had the technology of the European empires, the exact same thing would have happened sadly. Humanity was doomed for war, empires, colonisation and slavery given human nature. A key reason to European empires being the one to colonise and enslave people was the industrial revolution. The reason why the industrial revolution occurred where it did is a mixture between geographical reasons like climate and types of natural resources, religion and many more. Sadly, going to war in order to gain resources or land is a very human thing. It has been done all over the world, particularly in the past. However, it is also nice as it shows nobody is different because of race, we are just a product of our environment.
Europe was at each others throat in all of it's existence if the industrial revolution happenned in africa then africa would be the enslavers if it happenned in india then india would be the enslaver
We have nothing to be ashamed of. Our ancestors are not us and they were just far superior in almost every ways. Africans have been enslaving each others for centuries and still are killing each others. It is survival of the fittest
Singapore is such a small country so it’s easier to manage the human resources than bigger countries. Singapore also faced challenges of racial conflicts between its ethnic Chinese, Malay and Indian but overtime they managed to overcome the conflict with strict government policies against racial discrimination and proper eduction which eventually develops their economy. Also being a tax haven country with small population helps for foreign investors to put their money in the country.
Why use singapore as a comparison? Why not use china? China was devastated by internal war and colonized by japan for almost 50years. China is bigger than the majority of african countries and look where china is today.
Was reading a lot of comments, but I came here, because this guy seems really balance it and get it. Unlike most of the comments and the video itself. You can't just compare two countries with huge differences, not to mention a small country and content. It's impossible. Yes, you can talk them individually. The Rise or Fall of country has multiple factors - economic, geographic, corruption, leadership, foreign influence, natural disasters, education, circumstances, man and many more all play a role. You can't compare that Africa doesn't have enough fresh water, but so is Singapore - means all because of corruption. No, hell no, not all African countries have sea boards in the first place. Not all of them are strategically based for trading way. It's really respectable that Singapore managed to be what it is today. Tax-free - means more foreign investment, pharmaceutical companies investment - means demand for professionalism and skills, new ideas - means needs in better education, strategic port - means better chances for retail and enterpot (buying for the purposes to sell). Damn people love to talk about IQ and education, but that doesn't mean people do let their minds work.
Well if Lee Kuan Yew and his Team didnt put in the system, infrastructure, and laws to take oppurtunity of the global economy of trade. We wouldnt be as "rich" as you all said. Just because we are smaller and in a much easier implement controlled environment doesnt mean we didnt put in the hard work man. Yea we are small, doesnt mean we are having it easy. How many small countries can do the same? Is Brunei doing the same? Is Taiwan doing the same? So no. Strictly talking about geography is a too simplistic and reductive way of looking at Singapore success. Why do you think China have social and economical experiment cities all over. They copy us first and expand.
No one going to mention that Singapore is not actually richer than the UK, like not even particularly close - in fact it’s not even richer than London 😂
@@zipfield55 you can't compare with so much difference in size. Select richest part of Britain with similar size to Singapore. And then you have Singapore poor In comparison.
@@prajwalbharambe343 you can use any metric you want - I can say the UK is 3 times richer than China - which by per capita metric is true. Of course in almost every other measurable metric not tied to population, China would be (rightfully so) classed a wealthier nation. Point is this is stupid logic. If you want to compare per capita, then compare Singapore vs London. Again GDP per capita of London is still-greater than Singapore.
😹🤣😹 To the Geniuses who think its corruption and not colonization. The corruption comes from the ppl who colonized you in order to keep you in your current conditions, Poor and little to no access to the the resources you literally sit on top of 🤦🏿♂️. What's not to understand about that
Singapore doesn't have gold, iron, oil, ressources for nuclear factories. So when Britain left Singapore they had zero ressources to loose, they did not have to kill their real democratic leaders to keep control of ressources.
give Singaporean to run 1 african countries.... lol people hate facts!! they hate it because it will reveal not everyone is smart, not everyone is nice
@@thedarkking32 bro africa is one of those continznt who got uncolonized super late, than with war and all rich countries were like "oh i can exploite some ppl, make them work for less cash". Africa has rich countries, but poor ones too
She looks like the kind of person who act like they know everything about Africa without ever even setting foot in it just bc of her skin color Edit: don't bother going through the comments, half of them are deleted and you won't understand most the arguments bc of that
@@morticiagomez1870 I have been born in Africa and lived in Africa and am still living in Africa. I wouldn't be saying this without being born there, raised there and living there. Funny how you come at me for assuming shit abt her just to assme shit about me.
Nope, Africa is behind because a lot of it is still a colony of certain European power who likes croissant in the morning and more than often does not recall who their fathers are.
Africa ain't poor cause of colonization, it's poor because of exploitation.
And extreme corruption and power clashes.
@@odynith9356 and cia and Assassinations of leaders willing to make a change.
@@odynith9356the corrupt governments were set in place by Britain, Europe, Spain, Belgium. So yea, thank them for that
Corruption tbh since the Europeans left the African government hasn't even created anything
Lol
Ah yes, comparing the entire continent of Africa to a small urbanised port city.
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Just to show how a small urbanised port city still made it and a bunch of bigger African countries still the victim card/blame game
@@dot6614 size and population plays a big role in the development of a country. Singapore has less people, less resources, less land which makes it easier to control in the right hands
Look how big Africa is! So many countries yet they all failed to see past their little borders to form a unified powerhouse. How their colonizers still tax and forcefully harvest their resources is stupid.
@@POPDATA I agree. But a lot of these countries still try to demand reformations. When they could be making more than what colonisers could offer.
People seem to want to paint everything either black or white.
Africa IS poor because of colonisation. But it's also poor because of exploitation and internal corruption
It is not because of colionisation, but it is a direct consequence of the terrible way European powers left the consequence. They left hurt and a power vacuum that was filled up with Marxist ideologies. If the state controls every vital industry, it is a recipe for disaster. Remember that the US are former colonies as well...
The most balanced & non-bias point of view on this comment list. The truth usually lies somewhere in the middle
This is a good point my ngga.. folks don’t understand us colonial era plays a large role but there was some good in colonialism is nothing is all bad and all good..
@@minniemv
the truth is in the material analysis of the situation at hand, when looking critically at everything no matter the context will bring about a more complete picture of the situation at hand
Thank you for saying this.
Unlike Singapore Africa is still bring exploited till this day for its resources. That is the difference.
and Singapore is a small country
@@zerragut2969😂name one small africa city richer than Singapore?
@@icetrip2417 thanks for adding nothing to my point
And no I'm not bothering answering that comment as my og comment wasn't about ur question
And African officials not only allow it, but seek out personal deals for wealth. Individual African countries could stop the corruption, but they don't. Just like they could have stopped the slave trade, but sold their own people.
It sits on the most rich water ways I can take of I get rich
As someone who has been brought up and lived in Singapore her whole life, Singapore is TINY, an actual dot on the map. You can travel from one side to another in 1.5 hours. How are you going to compare a country like that with an entire continent?
It’s completely illogical to especially once you look at the history but because the extremely narrow and uniformed mind of thinking makes sense to say this former colony rich therefore colonization has no affect on countries today is exactly what they want you to think
One village at a time?
Of course it matter. The point is that you learn what Singapore did right to be richer in gdp than it’s former coloniser. Singapore being tiny with no resources , without the land to even feed itself has more problems than Africa initially. Crime was rampant. The multi ethnic groups were rioting and killing each other . Singapore mostly moved forward from that. The problem with African nations is that many like to look for someone or something to blame and lost sight of any way forward .
She’s a spokesperson for Rwanda, and Rwanda has done a great job
Bruh, I am stunned!
Why aren't intelligent black women like this in politics ? Oh I forget, you can't control highly intelligent people.
Yeah "highly intelligent" let's go with that
Edit - Guys I'm talking about the second sentence he says
The elite prefer to have evidence of their politicians corruption. Then they let the Dominion machines do their magic
@@thegoldenangel222 Why don't you think she isn't intelligent? Do you have any researched facts to rebut what she was saying?
It's a class issue.
Not a race issue.
Poor wht people are as exploited as poor blk people.
Marx was right.
@@wilberserker Because he is a communist troll and a racist.
So you're comparing a small country with a whole big continent ? Okey
I call this stupidity And many others would too how can you not blame colonazation Lol.
This one thinks size is the problem. 😅
People are just daft.
So in your mind size is the problem?
That small country is a part of the Asians Tigers, a group of other countries that tell the rest of the world how to develop themselves…
She’s literally from Africa, so she’s probably right.
I am pretty sure she was paid to say that.
I know right!
Yea i agree, this woman is being a lier sorry and doesn't mention how france still has economic control over African countries in Africa today like she's stupid and doesn't mention neo colonialism, my best guess is she's a right wing pro western person
Botswana
Suppose for a moment that she really was paid to say it. The question is, is she lying?
Maybe you were paid to write your comment. The question is, is it true that she was paid? Do you have evidence to that effect or are you thumbsucking that?
@@MasaAlalam
I'm willing to bet good money that you have no evidence that she was paid by anybody to say the TRUTH that she said.
I'm from Singapore, you have to remember, we are so so small. its really easy to implement and develop when the country is so small. Even law enforcement is much easier to implement. Policies are also easier to implement because we have a stable government
Singaporean here from bedok reservoir
@@evieyourlocalherbivore5910 oh my god this
Africa is not just one country either it's a continent with multiple
@@evieyourlocalherbivore5910 I'm surprised you've come across Walter Rodney's writings, cool!
Same with the Philippines but how co.e we aren't so fortunate?
She forgot to mention France still has economic control over its former colonies in africa.
Yep she is speaking half facts. It’s not just colonisation it’s about that Africa is a majority of resources that the world can’t live without so it will always be suppressed… divide and conquer
Exactly
She also completely ignored the facts of history and just grossly oversimplified centuries of history. Former colonies of Europe that are now poor had trillions of dollars worth of natural resources and other good stolen from them. India alone had 30+ trillion dollars worth of resources stolen. Singapore is a small city island nation that has no natural resources and therefore of course is not going to have their lands stolen for their resources. But of course the very simple a narrow mind of thinking that because this former colony is rich that means all other colonies should be able to regardless of the countless humanitarian atrocities committed and the giant amount of resources stolen from them.
Thank God someone is thinking
@@seanmoody50 she is ignorant and blind, she said "colonization had a tiny effect on African maybe" that shows her level of ignorance
This Sister Doesn't Know Between Settler Colonialism And Exploitation Colonialism
Lay off the victim mindset
@@cowpokejohnny3419shut up butches you European always justify colonialism by race your people say we are rich because we are superior common people don't no there all wealth come from India by loot 45 trillion dollars
Hey pssst your racism is showing
@@cowpokejohnny3419is it not true ?
@@cowpokejohnny3419oppressors say the same things funny…
Her denying that colonisation did not have an impact on African countries's economy tells me all that I need to know lol. I wonder who she is sucking up to... She needs to wake up lol. The colonizers never left! They are still there grabbing their fare share every week. Dhe is not saying what she thinks she is saying lol.
They were also poor long before colonization with the exception of a few empires obviously.
So what about all the other African countries that weren't colonized. Ethiopia wasn't colonized and its just as poor as the places that were colonized. They need to stop blaming there own problems on everyone else.
@@BryceV817 And Liberia was never colonized, but it’s still somehow than almost the entire rest of Africa.
It’s also the 4th poorest country in the world.
@@BryceV817hey Bryce can you reply
Exactly!
Africa became free of colonisation and went straight to tribal corruption. There is plenty of money in Africa, it's all just in the wrong hands.
And who benefits from that?
@@tomyobee8049
Bankers.
Lots of very corrupt tribal leaders who have no care for their people.
Who install corrupt people?
Plenty of Africans too, so it doesn't help
Africa has been exploited and brutalaised for far longer than Singapore, a single city that had money poured into it as one if not the most important port cities of the 19th and 20th century. No comparison to many african nations. This woman is talking complete nonsense
Dude move to Africa and you will see it because corruption stop talking out of your ass
Exactly what a uneducated take she has. People don't actually know the details of how the continent was colonialised and destabilised. Sanctions and laws where made to actively prevent the processing of African resources within the continent itself. For example cocoa in Ghana. The French government hold to this day reserves of its colonies. Africa is not truely independent and if it where the rest of the world would be a bankrupt wasteland. Its by design.
@@MaiNKoncept why do you just lump an entire continent together?
@@MaiNKoncept FRANCOPHONE countries still pay colonial tax to France... Africa is not yet a free continent... that's why they force all these military bases everywhere in the continent..This Colonizer sympathizer doesn't know what she's talking about...
@@joshnwobodo8958 because the experience of colonisation is very similar no matter which African country.
To add Singapore is home to many Anglo financial institutions base of operations in the region.
As a south African all I can say is that this is true.
My country isn't shit because of colonization it's because of corruption
Bro true😭....its so bad even my grandmother says Apartheid was better because everyone had jobs and kids were forced to school
@@snenjabuloarmy5831 Your grandma is a certified clown fr.
@@snenjabuloarmy5831 yeah I agree, I would love if we had the pre 1994 government just minus the racism
It's because of both.
@@keshi5541 colonialism can make a country bad, but the fact that the country still sucks long after the colonizer left tells me that the shitty government is the main reason it sucks.
Taiwan was a Dutch colony and is doing good same with the UAE, Australia,new Zealand,Canada, Cyprus.
I'm an African but honestly we are our own problem. No blaming game
you are fixing it slowly but surely. the best indicator is your birth rates
@@ReasonAboveEverythingnot is there aren’t resources to take care of there people
Leaders of singapore
So true, the lady on the video is speaking facts
We as Africans are our worst enemies. If people elected real leaders who care about the well-being of their countries and not corrupt politicians Africa would have gone far by now
Only blaming this on racism and colonization is stupid
@@billbill6576we have almost the most resources as of November 2023.
The biggest problem in African that causes poverty is impunity. Corrupt leaders are never held accountable
The thing that gets me about these kind of remarks because I’ve heard these remarks since the freaking 60s and it’s bullshit because if you look at the contracts that these people have to sign with them and their families are killed, and then the position of power that they put into but it’s self empowerment it’s not really power is to show the world that you have corrupt leader ship, which isn’t the truth And we have our CIA and everybody that picked these assholes out much is an Africa but in Haiti look at what we’ve done in Haiti oh please don’t look at Haiti right as if Haiti is responsible for your own shit to when wooden ones that put the dictators in there and wooden ones that made sure that when we put the dictators in there that we make sure they change the constitution so that we can take Dylan and what are we taking? We’re taking some minerals that a ton of it is like $45 billion a time for our space crafts and everything else do we talk about that we need to get your shit together before you keep making these type of comments I’m tired of these comments it just shows you how ignorant you guys were in the past how ignorant you was in in in in the present, and how ignorant you choose to continue to be in the future, and it doesn’t help us one iota.
And just remember just as a example France extorts $500 billion a year at a 14 African countries is anybody saying anything about that? Is anybody trying to stop that $500 billion a year so don’t talk about corrupt leader ship talk about colonialism and what it actually doesn’t is and how you got more military in Africa from French alone they have any other place in the world including in France get over 50 million I think it is military people in in in in Africa just from France alone wake up dumb ass
@@MariaSanchez-kg2fl they your mixed breed out of African people's business,by the way you have African in you, Latino have more kids than African women 😱
Impunity??? Let's be fair here, and start history where it should be started please, if we say impunity, let's include the colonisers too, were they ever punished? No.... So yes impunity of corrupt leaders but also impunity of colonisers.
not just that. First it is colonization and taking of the resources and dividing the place with straight lines and squares which led to a lot of conflicts that led to Africa being so poor since military need money. Secondly Singapore is a small country thus easy to rule while African nations most of them are big and very diverse thus hard to rule. Thirdly every nations is corrupt no matter what whether it was small or big. fourth a lot of democratic countries have a big problem with a bunch of liars. and finally strait of Malacca is a place where every cargo ships go through basically like a silk road on the medieval times that is why they're rich.
When you oversimplify hundreds of years of history to suit your agenda.
Okay, why the hell should we listen to you. Coz she didn't lie when she got there.
@@alfredo481 Why don't u research dear? Comparing a small port city into a whole continent with centuries of still existing colonization and exploitation. Then, literally saying "aww colonization is not that bad, everyone did it". F off.
@@alfredo481 you should not listen to anyone, neither me nor her!
she gonna say anything just to please the white folks, also Singapore was a British colony and a lot of ex British colony has managed to thrive, but you will never find any ex french colony that managed to recover from colonization, France still control the economies of most of the African countries, they finance the military coup and they did a lot of military operation in Africa in the last years.
@Ingoc you sound like you don't keep up with history or current events. Western countries have killed many African leaders trying to do right by their people. Shove it!!
She tap dancing like crazy, she probably believe gaddafi was overthrown because he was really a bad man .
Exactly such ignorant nonsense.
Gaddafi was such a bad leader when he made Libya rich with free healthcare, high literacy rates, cheap oil prices and free $20,000 handouts for newly wed couples.
The minute he announced he was going to stop using the dollar but instead move to the dinars currency which he planned for the whole of Africa. US funded a coup that overthrew him and the people killed him like a dog mercilessly.
Now look where Libya is now the country has never been the same as it was before. The US wants to keep the status quo.
Did Nelson Mandela ever really die, or did we get gaslighted again?
he was literally hated by his people
@@CrazyPanda.000na bub, he was the biggest revolutionist of his time. he exposed American propaganda and told the real truth of Europeans and Westerners to his brothers. that's why he was killed because it isn't about Democracy, it is about who control whom
if Africa had united a single Country from the help of different leaders, West would sink deep in the sea such that it can never rise to see the sun again
She’s a paid puppet
Indeed
Lmao. Why don't you complain about arab colonization of north Africa. They were the ones who created black slavery. At least whites introduced electricity to you guys.
She seems to know very little about international relationships, especially laws that were imposed during colonialism that are still in place to extract wealth. She should look at the poorest countries in Africa and explain why they are still paying a ridiculous high colonial tax even today.
Exactly!
She's just a mouthpiece - dare I say
Yep, and these west country created problem like strange boarder situations with neighbors, conflicts
Artificial neighbor that only will fight , not gone live or let live
Puppet dictator that will give advantage to their goal , their company
Was not expecting this discussion to go deeply further when I saw JBP to be completely honest.
Thank you!!!!
Singapore is a small country with very little resources. The continent of Africa was never decolonised, virtually all of its resources are owned by western powers hence why you have 'terrorists' fighting petrol companies in Nigeria. In Francaphone countries they must deposit all of their money in to French banks. If we want to talk about corruption thats fine, but stop pretending that we dont directly benefit from the exploitation of the continent.
Singapore also has the 3rd highest average iq in the world. The first African country to make the list is Egypt at 68th. Iq is the best predictor of long term life success.
@@sean_haz IQ is not something that is set in stone. It can either be increased or decreased dependent on multiple factors with access to education and wealth being the two major ways to increase IQ.
@@vicious12394 Education doesn't increase iq, and wealth only does if their lack of wealth was leading to malnutrition. If there is evidence to the contrary I haven't seen it.
@@sean_haz every single study ever conducted on the subject shows that IQ is correlated with education.
@@vicious12394 the principles that increase IQ stem from Education.
even now there are african countries that are exploited
Botswana
The corrupt leaders allow it.
Colonization is a huge reason for why Africa is poor and anyone who has opened up a book on the continent will attest to that. It's not the ONLY reason or even the MAIN reason. One of the main reasons lies in selfish corrupt people leading the African revolutions and not letting go of power for the next 40 years, thus driving their countries' economies into the ground. The other reason is western backed coups throwing the actual good, pro-African, anti-western, oftentimes socialist leaders (Thomas Sankara of Burkina Faso, Patrice Lumumba of DRC, etc) out of power so they can be replaced with corrupt, autocratic, but pro-western and pro-capitalist leaders who undid all of their predecessor's progress.
The best modern example is Libya. Gaddafi wasn't by any means a great leader. He did terrible things and he was insane. But he knew how to keep a country functional and knew how to provide the Libyan people with a standard of living on par with the middle income countries of Latin America, which is a huge step up for a lot of African countries. As soon as Gaddafi was killed, Libya fell into chaos, civil war broke out and people started selling slaves in the streets.
Girl- Singapore is TINY. There’s no comparing
TINY and no resources whatsoever and they become jewel of asia.. lol they don't even have water
Her main point is not to throw your failure on others and stay attached to the past
@@thedarkking32 afric is pathetic they just want pity from white people
ofc there is, but sure keep on going for excuses.
thats always works in life.
@@thedarkking32 failure? Colonisation leaves great impact on the minds of natives there, for example India
I feel like it's poor because it's recourses are being pumped out of it
Singapore resources is just non-existent. Anyway, Singapore is a small metropolis that can be easily managed due to how little people there are and the government is stable. Africa is rich, has great potential, but in the wrong hands probably
@@rovanajean9550 give 1940s Singapore to african it will fell into ruins... just like tiny country timor timor with huge oil reserve it fell beyond poverty.. they think they are the next singapore but dam these native are incompetent now
@@rovanajean9550 oh boy did the British tried to keep a grip on Singapore and Malaya resources route. You forgot having Singapore there to facilitate rubber trade was an amazing busniess oppurtunity.
But People still fight back. The British didnt leave willingly, Rovana.
Well if Lee Kuan Yew and his Team didnt put in the system, infrastructure, and laws to take oppurtunity of the global economy of trade. We wouldnt be as "rich" as you all said.
Just because we are smaller and in a much easier implement controlled environment doesnt mean we didnt put in the hard work man. Yea we are small, doesnt mean we are having it easy. How many small countries can do the same?
Is Brunei doing the same? Is Taiwan doing the same? So no. Strictly talking about geography is a too simplistic and reductive way of looking at Singapore success.
Why do you think China have social and economical experiment cities all over. They copy us first and expand.
@@lukelim5094 my point being that because Singapore is so small, they have little to no natural resources, specially mineral unlike Africa, a big continent filled with golds and so much resources.
Aside from that, Singapore is pretty much a lot easier to manage with a decent amount of people and a functional government.
Easy as just that, we don't have to go deep into colonization history to see why one fails yet other reign. Is colonization bad? Absolutely. Do they affect the growth of a nation? Undoubtedly. But we do have to remember that even after freedom the nation's growth can fall into the wrong hands.
@@rovanajean9550 yeah there will be always excuses!
ALWAYS!
Shes was cute but she failed to realize the imbalance, to have power is one thing to keep power is the key. Africa does not control its resources.
"but that's from the corruption, not the colonization, or financial dependence on their "former" colonizers"
her probably...
Resources don't make citizens rich. Just look at the Middle East, or South Africa. You need a high level of education and a low level of corruption. Those are the resources African countries need, and sorely lack.
It does our politicians loot billions each yr buddy
@@VVayVVardexcatly in Zimbabwe our government steals $100M a week for the past 40yrs now 😂 and people still blame the west
You fail to realize that you are the people of the land, if you do not control it, its you, its your fault that you allow your own people to be corrupt. You are responsible. YOu cannot get better and grow by continuing to blame someone else for you decisions and actions.
It's not just past colonialism, it's the fact that this colonialism was so total and with such disregard for the indigenous people that these countries are plagued by war, political instability, and serious corruption. All of this, on top of the fact that they had no collateral but their mines and cheap labor, made it near impossible to get favorable loans, and so these countries have been stuck paying interest on the shitty loans they got. Sometimes that money went to a genuinely good infrastructure project or something. Other times, it went directly into the pockets of dictators and the national bourgeoisie. Either way, the result ends up the same: the interest becomes the only thing they can really afford to pay for. And now, their mines are no longer theirs, their labor is not compensated fairly, there will be more war as time goes on. The solution is clear. Africa must unite as one country and nationalize their mines. They will need to fight corruption.
As a Singaporean, I would have to say that both the geography and means of colonisation were very different.
Singapore obviously got far ahead by being situated in the Strait of Malacca and having a deep natural harbour. Now the maritime industry is not the only key to our success, but it provided much of the capital that could then be put into our education system, then our manufacturing sector, then amenities like public housing, our public education system etc.
Singapore is also small and easy to manage. In the past we have had race riots and gang activity, but that is all gone now. In so small an island there is nowhere to run.
In Africa (I’m painting in broad strokes here), the colonists were mostly interested in exploiting the resources of the region. Even as the colonists left those resources that had not been completely depleted continued to be mined and sold for European profit. In addition, many of the colonists had forced locals off their fertile lands and onto poorer lands that could not yield as much(er, I think this was mostly the case in South African diamond mines). In a continent full of hostile environments where the weather could be extremely volatile, many were reliant on subsistence farming, so you can imagine how this would devastate the locals. Many such policies, designed to benefit only a privileged minority continued to be propped up by subsequent dictators.
And just how did these dictators rise to power? Many such as Idi Amin came from the very regimes put in place to benefit only the colonisers. Mix this corruption with the fact that borders were arbitrarily drawn with no regard for tribal boundaries, and you have a recipe for civil unrest. Even better, have your regime actually emphasise these racial inequalities, just look at Rwanda(by the way I would just like to say that in spite of their past Rwanda seems to be on the right track nowadays).
Anyways I will have to agree that the victimhood mentality that is constantly perpetuated can only damage Africa. I think it is only useful in preventing further injustice because Europe is not going to pay reparations for what they did. But Singapore is just a bad example to compare it to. I think what Singapore did was unprecedented, and Africa is completely different, geographically speaking. If they want to improve, they will need to do something equally unprecedented.
Congratulations, this was very well said
this exactly, Singapore’s success is largely due to it’s geography, and it’s size in that it functions more like a city state than a large country.
Also I would like to add when China was having its industrial boom because of the industrial outsource work from USA , Chinese businessman made huge profits but when China state put hard taxation on businesses.
a lot of Chinese businessman moved there headquarters to Singapore for the ease of taxes hence brought a lot of FDI to Singapore.
Which is not the case with Africa it's very hard for them to attract FDI ( foreign direct investment).
Exactly purpose of colonizing Singapore and africa is totally different and has been used as a port and another was exploited for natural resources
Well said
Africa is the poorest continent. But have the most resources. Something doesn't add up.😂
It's called imperialism, baby!
@@jamesbarlow6423 it's called internal corruption. African countries are some of the most blatantly corrupt countries in the world. Stop regurgitating "woke" propaganda and go learn something worth a damn.
@@kincaid9134 . I know Peace Corps volunteers who've lived and worked in numerous African countries for years.
They got where they are because of colonial exploitation, not marxism etc. But you own a fat wallet made in a Sri Lanken tanning factory by an 8 year old who makes 5 $ a week, don't you little patriot man?!🤣
Stop thinking they have the most resources and it equals out.
@@master-oppressor . Lol. Or just stop thinking altogether. Then you can run for Congress. Just make your bed!
Africa is such a difficult continent to assess, Not only before colonization, our relationships with each other were complex and difficult in terms of territory, but Even after colonization and the introduction of democracy, many of our people do not realize that each individual can be valuable to the society, I have always been amazed of how some of us idolize people that show no interest in the greater good.
We need to have this awaking of consciousness that each of us has a skill that can help another one and that words are not enough to prove that you care, you need to show action.
Africans will blame their misery on everything but the people that leads them.
And she received her paycheck with bonus after this interview.👏
Big of you to put motives on a black woman's words. You are accusing her of the same corruption she is calling out in her home continent. Are you African? People who talk to Jordan Peterson more often get hate than praise. She's speaking the opposite of the western narrative for Africa. You think a little money would be worth being called a race traitor?
No, this woman speaks from conviction and personal knowledge.
Botswana
@@mmmmdddd2267go and join her then
Your source is you made it the fuck up.
She’s telling the truth, Kabuga is still alive & many Africans helped him evade arrest all those years after he convinced thousands of Africans to brutally & savagely slaughter 1 million Africans for tribal reasons & many of those murderers are still free terrorizing Congo. There’s many countries in Africa that mishandle money they don’t invest it back into the infrastructure instead live lavishly high on the hill while half the constituents are below poverty
The logic: Choose ONE exception and riducule the prevailing pattern on a condescending and haughty tone.
How many sinaporens were enslaved and sold to far off continents? How many were put in circus cages for people to see the beast captured by brave white hunters? How many were looted of their ancestral wealth? The Brits poured money into Singaore to make it a leading trading post in east. They never helped the blacks and Africans. Only a fool can compare Africa with Singapore. Africa missed the bus because colonial powers threw it under the bus.
There is more than one exception outside of Africa. And even in Africa, there are several exceptions, Mauritius being the biggest one.
@@WillieFungo or Qatar, and the Asian tigers
Or Germany which was basically totally destroyed after WWll
@@utathyamanna6435 I disagree with your examples. Germany and Japan were fully industrialized countries that received massive investments from the U.S. after the war. Quatar is a tiny population swimming in oil where expats do most of the actual work. Better examples would include countries like Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Phillipines, etc. None of these countries are first world, but it is clear that they have overcome their colonial challenges.
Singapore isn't the only exception. India isn't doing half bad, Morocco also recovered nicely from what I've heard, and I seem to recall Botswana and the South African Republic also have a lot of potential. Not to mention Mauritius and the Seychelles, which are doing better than a lot of European countries.
The USA are also a former colony, although that was quite a while ago so I won't blame you for not counting them.
As an African who has lived in Singapore, I think there is some gross over simplification going on here. Singapore does not have the same level of natural resources that even a small and relatively unspoken about African country has like Eswatini.
So when Singapore declared independence from Malaysia and essentially traded wealth for freedom, the only thing it had going for it were it's ports and its size from a community action perspective. It's ex colonisers all but abandoned the new nation to sink or swim, and with the blessing of good leadership, a sacrifice and community oriented, merchant minded populace who had undergone the horrors of fending off Japanese occupation, so knew to band together, they began their tiny nation.
Most African countries did not have the same "fantastic' group of problems. Their colonisers never truly left. The example that I use- Eswatini- is a great parallel. Their first monarch (really the one who united the nation) traded a quarter of the most mineral rich land to buy independence, land which is still being mined today, 2 generations later. With a generation of good leadership, Eswatini began to rise on its feet, with education starting to be a thing for a half starving land locked populace. The farming nation began to make use of its last resource -good soil - and governance structures were set up.
But unlike Singapore, Eswatini' s neighbours' problems interfered with the growing country. They were at the mercy of Apartheid South Africa and Mozambique. The living influences of colonisation knee capped the country's development. The same group of people who made money off the mines that King Sobhuza I was forced to sell to keep a semblance of independence, came in and bought sugar cane farms and always always always the economic power never sat with the populace, but rather with the people coming in who could set the price they wanted, because they had the economic links. So what was a fledgling nation supposed to do? Starve the people of their future? Their education? Or submit to the status quo, with the hope that in a future generation things might be better. So they did the latte, while secretly protecting the freedom fighters who would eventually go on to win out against the Apartheid government. It was a risky gamble for many reasons because they were surrounded by their colonisers, risked invasion in the now and the plan backfiring in the future if weak leadership was at the country's helm. The latter was Eswatini's unfortunate outcome.
While Singapore had 3 generations of strong leaders to navigate it out of its circumstance, Swaziland as it was known, only had arguably 1.5 generations of good leadership, combined with a faux independence that hamstrung them economically from the jump. Most other African countries had that economic power issue from the start, which is something Singapore largely avoided. Singapore is owned by Singaporeans, whereas even the African countries like Botswana that managed to avoid the hundreds of years old legacy of psychological horrors of colonisation, still have a 50/50 split of their largest income producing mineral with DeBeers - a colonial era agreement if ever there was one.
I love Singapore, I love each of these other countries I've used as examples. I've grown up in all of them. But the outcome for Africa is not the same, because our problems are not the same. It'll probably take another 2 generations for things to change, but even then I wonder if equal footing will ever be found. Because as we speak China, India and Russia are making similar economic land grabs.
Africa has never had that great luxury that we all need- to be left alone, regardless of the consequence, to simply be.
Her main point is not to throw your failure on others and stay attached to the past
I had a feeling she actually had no idea what she wad talking about... thank you for your comment
well said!
so many words just for childish excuses, excuses, excuses..... excuses
tldr. stop making excuses
Algeria Egypt Nigeria and south Africa:and I TAKED that personaly
Physical colonization may be a thing of the past, but mental colonization continues with leaders and important decision makers.
There’s no such thing as mental colonization. It’s simply corruption. European states are rich, African leaders only care about money, most of the time they’re working with European leaders.
Africa’s fault alone.
You still make your own decisions. Continuing to blame a group, a person or a situation because of your failure is ignorant.
You make you own decisions, mentally or physically.
Personal responsibility.
Botswana
Indians : should we tell her 💀?
What the British empire did to India is shocking. Nobody ever talks about it.
@@cool28990 most of world is controlled by two monotheistic religions so why would they care about Hindus
@@cool28990 divided the country, human exploitation, agriculture exploitation, resources exploitation, setting disputes between india and china, destroyed its economy, mass murders at protests by police for over 200 years ago.
And before that almost 500 year india had to suffer because of middle east invaders.
@@cool28990damn what did they do
@@cool28990 no one will actually talk. Everyone is so obsessed with the glory of english
North American natives have entered the chat
Saw someone say the US and Canada are other examples of colonised nations that are doing well💀💀💀💀
They left the chat long ago. Sorry
entered what chat? not them starting to whitewashed and embraced western lifestyle
*chat room empty
@@prajwalbharambe343 Natives in Canada have their own land with their own laws and police, but I mean most Americans don't even know what year the country was founded lmao not surprised you don't know antyhing.
Tiny percentage? Somebody tell this assimilated woman today France is being kicked out of Burkina Faso and the new leader has just officially banned of exporting uranium to the french soil.
🤦♂️ Singapore didn’t have any resources or riches to loot, there location makes them rich, and the British couldn’t have possibly loot their location. In fact, in places like Hong Kong and Singapore, the British built facilities to make money, in Places like Africa and India, they looted them. And why is she telling an American guy about this, he’s got nothing to do with this.
Thanks for pointing that
She's dumb.
Are you saying Singapore had it "easier" than most African countries? Bro, that is so false and insensitive lmao.
I love it how Jordan Peterson can find the one person who can agree with what he believes and has them front and center but never shows any opposition
Yeah never shows opposition. Not like he kinda got famous from contently being in interviews where they're constantly trying to argue his views. Glad to know you made that comment not knowing that. Tells me all i need to know lol
@@coolunusual that doesn’t really matter but okay
@@iwillgowiththatcat8667 Only proved their point completely wrong but, guess it doesn't matter. When it doesn't fit your view of something it never matters.
@@coolunusual keep worshiping Peterson , did he consider the other view, like that France still the one who prints most of African currency CFAfranc or that France takes over 50% of export revenue of the african countries , supporting dictators and military coup ...
He literally got famous because of the multiple interviews he was invited to because of his opposing beliefs. Smh.
One reason why people believe Africa is poor is because Movies and those Sad TV commercials only show the poor parts of Africa they don't show the rich parts.
Well, look at the statistics then
No - its poor because of those African "Princes" who email me and keep asking me to help them to steal money and smuggle it out of their country.
@@HEXhibitionist Poor countries normally don't have the resources to train Doctors and I've seen several African Doctors who came from well off family house holds
No it isn't there are very complex social reasons why they are poor. Wiping out whole areas of humanity is dangerous and ridiculous.
@@elkaotik6790 Tell that to African Dictators who go around Ethnic Cleansing other Africans while the world go on as if nothing is happening but oh starving kids now that's a real problem. In a lyric from Damian Jr. Gong Marley - Patience is says Evangelists making a living on the videos of ribs of the little kids. Africa is poor in some parts. America is wealthy in comparison but the belief that the whole of Africa is poor is a stupid statement.
Europeans: Killed, raped and looted people in almost all African countries
This woman: "Maybe" Africa is poor because of colonization
Africa needs better governance, education and development, but not by forgetting who caused their misery in the first place.
Forgive, but never forget.
Africa is not poor, it's full of resources and chinese are drooling over it.
Do you think African people are poor because you the ones starving but you fail to ignore their leaders flying in private jets.
Example: ex Angola President Jose Eduardo dos Santos.
The country that portuguese 'left' while guerrillas destroyed the 3 existent railways, destroyed infrastructure and made sure to plant landmines pretty much everywhere so they were left without fertile land safe to agriculture and people losing limbs.
Their own people did it
Many Africans country was left in a far better state than Singapore.
That all happened in Europe too, but in higher numbers. Africa was poor even when they just enslaved each other, they weren’t exactly living the high life prior to European contact. All they’ve done is taken from Europeans. They’ve done nothing themselves and have spent the last few hundred years living off others. They are lucky
Bro that happens every where not just Africa
@@peepeepoopoo2749There were large thriving African empires pre colonialism
Don’t forget Hong Kong, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and USA. Oh and Britain was colonized by the Roman’s as well but people forget or don’t know history.
Dont forget Vietnam, Burma, Cambodia, Laos, Philippines and alot more.
And it took Britain over 300 years to recover from Rome.
Excuse you?I'm Maori indigenous to Aotearoa New Zealand what the hell are you talking about with the Romans coming here? explain?
The only people that ever came here to colonize were the English...
I’d say the problem is that the world expects these recently colonized people who weren’t even allowed to read in some places until 100 years ago are constantly punished for not living up to the standards of the powers that dominated them and the world
The problem is they’ve lived in some of the most fertile lands on the planet for 10s of thousands of years and we’re never living up to the same standards
@@sethwilliams8916 it was their land they do with it as they choose. Just because you lay next to the most fertile woman in the world and don’t beat the box right doesn’t mean I can come to your house with guns and take her from you 🤷🏼
Finally a sane person in these comments!
So we're not going to talk about radical Islam's affect on the continent? We're going forget the billions in foreign aide and various charity groups that focus on supporting these countries' efforts to improve education, secure medical care, and necessary supplies? To answer you, yes, after 100 years and several generations there is an expectation that free people would make progress and enjoy more security and stability. Corrupt leaders/governments must be exposed and removed. It may cost lives but not doing so costs even more. Your post demonstrates the problem with the anti racist type thinking. It blames all outside forces and robs people of their agency leaving them as victims.
@@messagefamilystyled1101 I get what you’re saying but technically you can! In your government finds enough interest in the land surrounding your house they’re going to find a way to get your land and your house.
She just forget the whole divided and rule shit which put as against each other and lead us to civil war post colonial period ,yet she sit here to tell us this generation is the reason for the deep poverty when we never be in peace for one decade as an African🤦♀️
Sticking to the past instead of the present huh ?
@@thedarkking32 the present where shell controls Nigeria and is polluting water
@@charmelos1431 and corrupt Nigerian politicians benefit from this. Still we’re our own problem.
@@charmelos1431 Also, shell doesn’t control Nigeria. That’s false information
always excuses and always blame others.
Never take accountability or responsibility.
Always the same excuses, today tomorrow, in 1 year in 1000 years!
Africa was poor before colonization
Africa was poor during colonization
Africa is poor now
Victim mentality.
@@Morenax630 Africa didn't have any civilization before colonization
I’m nearly 40, and they’ve been given charity and help for as long as I remember. Sponsor a child this, blind people that….well they haven’t improved in 40 years of getting money and help from all over the world. They don’t want to get better. So stop helping them. The money always gets misused and ends up in corrupt hands. Stop sending them money!
Omg how intelligent of her to compare the second largest continent to a tiny country🤯
I mean you really do have a point @Arusha, that's why countries like Samoan, Cook Island, Rarotonga and Niue will be the next Singapore right?
You need to understand, without a leader, your country will never stand. I grew up in Singapore for 10 years and lived through the 2 inflation crisis but Singapore still triumph.
Pastor John C Maxwell, "everything rises and falls on leadership."
To develop your country, first study your strength, secondly utilize your natural resources and thirdly develop your human resources for next generation workforce of the world. Start small, focus on small towns, move up to developing states, then to provinces, then to cities, then to countries, send out leaders to impact, influence and inspire in the different countries in Africa, then you will see true success, people are fruitful and living with purpose.
@@ochardkeo9458 Bro why tf did you even reply to me with some cringe ass copy paste
Her main point is not to throw your failure on others and stay attached to the past
@@thedarkking32 A public apology from your "royal" family would have done the job but nope. They have no guilt. At least return the stolen items that you keep in your museum ( since you can't pay back the money )
@@amrahs6999 what do we honestly need their apology for? What political, social and economic good would “sorry” do?
This is not something to be ignored. People don't know what slavery and colonization did to human minds, then those men and women bear children in that state of mind and then the children bear children in the same state of mind...lesser human beings.
The mind sets in my country for example started to change in my generation.
My parents and my grandparents who were actually colonized suffered dehumanization which is very hard to overcome.
If you go to south Africa you will notice the difference between the white mindset and the colonized black mindset.
It will take two generations to overcome that. Also the most chances for education started coming in my parents time when they were already grown up.
Most of my age mates take care of their parents and their parents inherit them. quite backwards i know.
Because the lands were taken away from them and they didn't get a chance for education. They cannot lift themselves out of poverty.
Those countries developed got help to build themselves. We all need help ourselves.
Instead of help we get looters of our natural resources. How then can Africa build itself?
People need to research the origin, purpose and results of slavery and colonizatio.
Everyone in history has experienced this and literally everything you said, plus a shitload you forgot. This is not a black thing. This is not an Africa or African thing. This is a human thing. And you’re not special or unique in this. No one is.
Get over it.
@@Dylan-gy1hp i didn't say it's a black thing. I said human minds. It takes about a while to overcome the mindset.
Insults and demeaning comments lifts your ego, isn't it?
Cultural depression?
@@Dylan-gy1hp Please look at the facts before you write your hate comment. Aknowledge that you know absolutely nothing about these peoples trauma, but somehow you are ignorant enough to belittle it. If you think racism didn't play a huge part in the brutal colonization in Africa, maybe you should read a history book.
@@Dylan-gy1hp in Africa it's more recent so obviously it will take a while , but with more time they will get out of that mindset
If Africa does become something like China or America. Then the wildlife would definitely suffer due to deforestation and property expansion.
The problem with we Africans is we are weak mentally . We want to be fed .
Absolutely LOVE how the comments are intelligent enough to know this is nothing but pure BS. Yall rock
more like they are too stpd.. present all the fact and you will still call.it bs yall always backwards
Plenty of truth in there
@@PermenBoba-dq3jb You can't even spell stupid right...
Just when did colonization end in africa...we are still on it
It does not end forever, especially in the Western part, controlled by France.
True
To be fair, they make it really easy for superior cultures to exploit them
People think they are smart but when in actual sense they are the opposite
@@manz7860 Keep talking that way but don't complain if a "superior culture" does the same to your country and your people again.
I don't want to hear any victim nonsense from you if that arises again in the future (because trust me it will, even the strong mighty Rome fell and every other strong empire so it's proven nothing simply lasts forever. Another fact from the beginning it was the Romans who civilized Europe in the first place, most of Europe was very far behind the world at the time so most of achievement should in reality be given to them specifically.
"Before the Romans arrived Britain and western Europe were dominated by Celtic peoples and their culture, usually based on village life. They were without any major stone constructions, aqueducts, organized bureaucracy, education (they were illiterate), political organization, cities, paved roads, etc."
Singapore is practically an independent Chinese colony. It has a majority Han population, a population not indigenous to the region, and broke away from Malaysia for this very reason.
She’s spitting truth. I support her 100%. Am African.
She is just spitting...also shitting
Please, my African brother, understand she is truly misguided. The majority of African countries are controlled economically by European countries.
Singapore was literally a trading port, while most african colonies were brutally exploited
singapore had nothing, not even water, the malay cut them off to die!! but they rise from ashes and bring this tiny island to become the richest part.
trading port? there are thousand of trading port in this strait but they were runnned by incompetent people
@@PermenBoba-dq3jb u are disregarding the fact that before ww2, Singapore was a rich trading hub, and was a very lucrative colony of the British empire.
It is true that after ww2 they experienced extreme hardship, and we ought to give them praise for being able to rise out from that state.
Their people deserve the prosperity that they are now experiencing.
@@kobalt6927 you are forgetting their riches didn't come from tiny singapore alone!!! british control all malaysia!, without malaysia singapore won't even have fresh water!!!
and the malay did it on purpose, and yet they still rise, singapore neighbours with rich resource, many lands still couldn't come together and built port the same quality as the singaporeans.
and how funny that not even the malay, singapore, indonesia ever complained about colonialism making their country poor
"Lets find the one black woman to speak our view so we don't look as bad"
A black woman that doesn't cave in to your 'fuck whitey' mindset?
If a different ethnicity speaks this truth.. they will be labeled as racist.. so yeah why not.
Isn't that what democrats do? Except, their black people just yell and say "white bad"
Her main point is not to throw your failure on others and stay attached to the past
She's practically clutching at straws! Lol
Singapore is a police state, with all resources directed at specific goals.
You can't compare that to large democracies or autocracies, that have to deal with constant internal and external strife, due to inefficient boundaries, as well as the corruption that such strife brings about.
Then there's China with its Debt Traps designed to steal rare earths and other valuable resources.
No comparison.
Africa isnt poor because colonization, its because neo imperialism
Women like her is the reason why Africa is in Poverty...
And there r many like her in India
I wish things were just that simple but reality is not that easy
Self hating
Yeah this is just oversimplified.
It really is. Work hard and be sensible with your money and you'll improve your lot in life. The same applies to a country.
@@AtlasofInfo Yeah except africa cant because they have no access to their rich sources mostly but their "ex"colonisers do. So yeah they are still kinda colonized
her all points are wrong
100% true Singapore is rich because of its too good rulers and the government formed by the greatest leader l lee kuan yew , good leadership and people’s support for them makes all the difference
The reality is African are flocking to UK, Europe or US not Singapore or China.
Doesn't this speak?
It's true, 75% of Singapore is Chinese. Malaysia has 65% are Malay, 23% Chinese and 8% Indian but the richest 10 people in Malaysia, 9 Chinese, 1 Indian and 0 for Malay, everyone know why? but we must not say for what reason. The richest people in Asian are Chinese too.
Maybe. But everything else she said was right
@@cfu242 read again. I'm living near Singapore and I'd hate to break it to you. Malay are rich. Brunei are not visible in your tiny mind. And malay royal has many as industries and had many Chinese labor. Just read again bro. Your illiteracy are showing
In that case Djibouti should be a wealthy powerhouse like Qattar, yet its still a shithole.
Good girl, you're one of the good ones
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Its all the question of priorities. For africans to be good in dancing has greater priority than to be reach.
Very wise woman. Getting caught up in the past and using it as an excuse, just shows ignorance and laziness. It shows you're just grasping for something, anything, to avoid accountability.
Just like you lol. American, ryt? Go make your bed!
@@slappy8941 you’re talking shit about “black culture” with a burner account on youtube. not to mention that you literally generalized black people in general with a single cultural stereotype, indicating that you’re not very intelligent either
It’s got nothing to do with laziness. Africans are hard workers. Ignorance of how the world works yes exists. Africa is also captured by greedy politicians who squash any progress, but this should not be an excuse.
This lady speaks truth wisdom……and there is a generation rising which does not seek dependence on the west. Africa has a great future as long as they adapt their great values to this age.
@@choicehealthbw That's not the laziness I was speaking of. I mean that instead of working towards something better, people either expect others to do it for them or believe that they cannot make changes. So yes, this woman and others like her can and will raise their nations from the past, as other colonized countries have, and from the bitterness & excuses of the present.
She is very brave to say this stuff as a black woman. Massive amounts of respect for her
This women don’t know that her country is still under influence of west.
She’s clearly uneducated on the history and pandering to the white man. It’s embarrassing.
@Bogda Nov still i would say go read history.
@@anilrai6918 go read a book bro you funny 😂
@@bogdanov2395you really think the world is that simple. Do you find it strange that a world of 8 billion people are all using the same economical capitalist system. Everyone is working 9-5, banks everywhere, schools everywhere; you're telling me humanity natural way of living is capitalism ? Come on wake up evil rulers are in charge of this world. It's more than black and white
@@bogdanov2395
You're comparing all of these countries as if all the US influence is the same. They're not, go read a book with those nimble eyes of yours.
Colonization isnt conquering. Its exploitation of land and its resources.
Just looked up the data and it confirmed she doesn’t know what she’s talking about.
This sort of analysis is damaging. Yes, poorer countries have their own responsibilities. And it's also true that being dominated and ripped off by other countries contributed to the problem. Most of the countries that have been colonized, developed a habit of dependency and self doubt. That's why they don't even try to better themselves. But they are cherry-picking one country "Singapore" to give immunity to colonizers. It's like blaming the victim for not recovering their trauma by showing someone else who did, and calculatedly removing the focus from the original culprit. This is sick. Peterson is a sneaky vile person.
she didnt cherry pick, most countries are doing well, most of them were colonized by the Europeans 😂 only and only The b monk doing not so well
That is obviously not cherry picking, only if you know how much colonized countries outside Africa that are doing well
We have tons of them like India, Pakistan, Phillipines, Canada, Indonesia and the mighty USA; who has been colonized by France and invaded by UK during its weaker era
To add the matter of fact that the southern part of Africa are more barbaric before colonization
@@human1754 The fact that you added Pakistan to this list is hilarious. The funny thing is the reason they're failing is a very good explanation for most African countries failure.
The problem with most African countries is corrupt leadership. Now pick any of the most corrupt regimes in Africa and just go back two predecessors.
You will normally find a very direct line to whoever colonised the country. I cannot speak for other African countries but where I live, the most corrupt leaders were all trained by our former colonial masters and given arms to quell revolts.
You cannot talk about economics in a vacuum. There are so many reasons for African poverty and while they're not all directly caused by colonisation, almost all of them are related to it one way or another.
@@human1754 USA and Canada???? You do realize people living there are the descendants of colonisers and slaves they brought along with them?? Plus other immigrants that came afterwards?? Native Americans were ERADICATED!!
@@xenicmark EXACTLY! same thing with the middle east, i live in Egypt and almost each president we ever had is an obedient slave for multiple western powers like USA, UK and Isra*l....our only president (who wasn't a slave to the west) was literally removed by a coup💀💀 What does THAT tell you?
This is basically “America was a former colony of Britain and is now richer than Britain step it up Africa”
Watch the whole interview, idk why people never realize a “short” is exactly what it says it is.
Yes thats this womans entire point.
REALLY ?? America is richer I don't think so. If you live in the affluent areas you maybe but behind Beverly hills mansions are 60 thousand people living on the streets. You drive around if flashy cars but can't afford basic health care. You worship movie stars but disrespect and spit on your military who go into battle to protect you so you can then stand on a street set fire to the flag that those same military hold sacred. Richer than us are you we own the biggest gold reserves in the world you have millionaires and billionaires so what but you have more people on food stamps and food banks you advertise yourself as a Great country and yes you used to be but not anymore
@@garethwigglesworth8187 Rich people need poor people to make them gods, thats just how it is.
@@garethwigglesworth8187 Britain is the home of the industrial revolution, we invented toilets, what do you expect?
Britain is still much richer than Singapore. Britain unlike most european countries let anyone go there and make money.
Difference is that:-
Singapore is truly free but africa is still colonized....
Shame on you
Poor because of corruption
Yep and we know exactly who
Have you ever pondered how this came to be?
@@kwakufrimpong5218 it because of the people who vote for same party every 4to5 years election even though we know every president that came from that party after Nelson was a pain in the butt
@@starknight1244 we are talking of Africa, not just ZA
...and basically because of socialist systems (though its the same). With a more free market africa would grow very fast. Africa could definately supply itself with food and contribute much to the food supply of the world. But some rich men - not the avarage western person - dont want it.
She’s comparing Africa to Singapore. Wow she’s really smart.
In the question of colonisers…yes.
But isn’t Africa divided into smaller sections, countries.
Why can’t those individual countries sort themselves out then come together to build a solid Africa?
@@God.sDaughter What Africa unlike Singapore and other western Countries isn't a ethno state and also is divided by religion this already causes 90% of Sepratist and Terrorists movements and also all conflicts also look at colonisation of Africa and The Americas or Asia most African Colonies were only to extract minerals they didn't care about they brutally murdered every moving to independence in these countries forced them to hard work with nearly nothing in return left many places abandoned and also only let some people into school and also made some Ethnic groups better than the other (example Tutsi & Hutu) after WW2 they realised that what they doing isn't nice so they let them go independent but still didn't wanted give up things and litteraly just commited Neo Colonisation and ever President against it was either a Dictator and murdered or misteriously died only to put in Western Puppets ruining the nation and destabilise it only form the to exploit even easier without anyone noticing. Wow Africa really is like Singapore
India be like: how about me i had 30 tirlion and after 75 years 3.5 trillion
Well said women! 😁 Thank you. Too much pride, blaming for nothing. Start working and fight for education and laws. Peace✌🏽
Absolutely agree with that but she forgot to mention two crucial detail. Size of Singapore and their location on the map.
She also forgot to mention lack of political interference. Singapore was allowed to run itself after colonization, Africa however, nope, the west always meddling
Africa is a continent, there are many small countries in Africa, and it is not land locked so many countries in Africa have an advantage. The main reason for Singapores success was due to great leadership which African countries lack.
Britian also small
If it had been bigger it would have still be richer than great Britain. Stop that mentality
You are right. How about S. Korea which was colonized by Japan?
I'll summarize: she said she doesn't know and it's ok because it always happened in history
Her main point is not to throw your failure on others and stay attached to the past, by the way your pfp sucks
Xd
she said that africans should stop vinctimizinh themselves and get their act together. but they wont do that because they are africans, always on the bottom of humanities hierarchy
@@larsrainer6763 victimizimg themselves? they don't have nothing to start with and everything the make is straight up stolen by the colonizers and they don't even have any possibilities, and when the go to Europe, America or places where they can have better possibilities they are bullied by the country they go too
@@seraftt yea sure. they had 8000 years and couldnt get anything done except for some dirt huts. u expect the europeans to just leave all the minerals and diamonds there alone just because some „people“ live there that cant even write? u should be thankful to europeans they brought them culture
The thing with Africa is that many countries still are pretty much colonies to this day
Nigeria is a living example. So much resources. When Britain left poverty was 15 percent. When naira was created a naira was equivalent to two dollars.
Now poverty rate is 63 and a dollar is a thousand naira 😂😢
We have to take into consideration that Singapore is basically the size of a city, it's not big at all. Developing something the size of a city and developing a whole continent are tasks of a very different scope.
Seriously she is comparing Singapore to the whole African continent. 😂education is important yet the mess the colonial powers still create and meddling today is still happening on so many levels. Afghanistan is in theAsian continent why didn’t she use that to compare.
Yup asain country's do it better
Just ask him to marry u already real Africans stand up
She sounded so ai to make a victim an aggressor I can’t imagine how some of these ppl who it applies to feel
Sorry my Africans brother and sister but I am right or wrong please comment.
Africans accept British culture, religion, dress code , language but they rejected technology,.
Sorry brothers and sisters
Why are you going there ?
You have resources, large land , ability and many more to build better continent than others
Love you all Africans from India 🇮🇳
you are absolutely right
this girl dont know that most african countries that are so called "independent" are not actually independent, we are still colonized, most of the african wealth actually go to the colonizers because of imposed laws, for example in tunisia (where am from) we sell olive oil, salt, and so much other stuff to france(our colonizers), at the cost of about 2% of what the citizens actually pay for it. tunisia could be so rich just of olive oil, we are one of the biggest if not the biggest producers of olive oil. also our education system is still colonzed, we follow the French curriculum, and we cant remove French as a subject even though 95% of the students fail the subject with grades below 7/20 , after year 10 every subject becomes in French. so students just drop out from school early just because they know they wont understand anything beyond year 10, because every thing is in French.
Ps: 95% could be an exaggeration, but you get the point. at my school, out of 100 student at my grade only about 30-20 pass. and i studied in a private school, now think about the public school.
Thank you for sharing this! People think that just because slavery is “over” (it’s not) and Europe isn’t out here promoting their colonization that it doesn’t happen anymore. It sickens me. Europe will really dismantle an entire country take away all its resources force said country to trade with them otherwise they have the power to block them from being traded with and then have the nerve to be like “why can’t these 3rd world countries pick themselves up” like this shit is a joke
So.. you are so dumb and constantly fail im a foreign language. Even after 10 years. How is this the language's problem?
For your products: easy. Sell them for more.
haha not thats not true, so many excuses for avoiding any accountability and responsibility at all. amazing
@@flycrack7686 exactly what I’m thinking of this statement
You know the issues you are facing in the country, then what’s stopping you from standing up and making changes as a country when you have seen what’s wrong with it?
She says “we have been capturing each other back and forth”. Europeans captured Africa. When did Africa capture Europe. Europeans captured both north and South America completely erasing the native population. When did native Americans capture Europe. Britain captured and plundered India. When did India destroy Britain. There is no back and forth. And yes it is important to free ourself from the inferiority colonial mindset and think about the future. Who doesn’t want prosperity right. But it is important to never forget the atrocities committed and more important to keep reminding the Europeans that their ancestors were some of the worst of human kind. Because these European and current Americans are totally unapologetic about their past crimes.
Cross continental travel is a very new thing in the grand scale of things. If you look back, for thousands of years empires were formed in the African continent.
Your point about native Americans is ill informed. They were at war with each other long before Europeans came.
If African empires or Native American tribes had the technology of the European empires, the exact same thing would have happened sadly. Humanity was doomed for war, empires, colonisation and slavery given human nature.
A key reason to European empires being the one to colonise and enslave people was the industrial revolution. The reason why the industrial revolution occurred where it did is a mixture between geographical reasons like climate and types of natural resources, religion and many more.
Sadly, going to war in order to gain resources or land is a very human thing. It has been done all over the world, particularly in the past. However, it is also nice as it shows nobody is different because of race, we are just a product of our environment.
Europe was at each others throat in all of it's existence if the industrial revolution happenned in africa then africa would be the enslavers if it happenned in india then india would be the enslaver
really you think all Europe did it read history because my country were tortured and brutality killed we didn't do anything to anyone
Africans captured and sold each other
We have nothing to be ashamed of. Our ancestors are not us and they were just far superior in almost every ways. Africans have been enslaving each others for centuries and still are killing each others. It is survival of the fittest
today even India is now richer than UK
UK has moved to India
Sanctions
Exploitation
Socilaism
Colonialism
Factors why Africa is a mess.
And not corruption ?
Singapore is such a small country so it’s easier to manage the human resources than bigger countries.
Singapore also faced challenges of racial conflicts between its ethnic Chinese, Malay and Indian but overtime they managed to overcome the conflict with strict government policies against racial discrimination and proper eduction which eventually develops their economy.
Also being a tax haven country with small population helps for foreign investors to put their money in the country.
Why use singapore as a comparison? Why not use china? China was devastated by internal war and colonized by japan for almost 50years. China is bigger than the majority of african countries and look where china is today.
But you can still learn.
If you point out one reason a country is poor - it is corruption and Singapore has a very little and zero tolerance for it
Was reading a lot of comments, but I came here, because this guy seems really balance it and get it. Unlike most of the comments and the video itself.
You can't just compare two countries with huge differences, not to mention a small country and content. It's impossible. Yes, you can talk them individually.
The Rise or Fall of country has multiple factors - economic, geographic, corruption, leadership, foreign influence, natural disasters, education, circumstances, man and many more all play a role.
You can't compare that Africa doesn't have enough fresh water, but so is Singapore - means all because of corruption. No, hell no, not all African countries have sea boards in the first place. Not all of them are strategically based for trading way.
It's really respectable that Singapore managed to be what it is today. Tax-free - means more foreign investment, pharmaceutical companies investment - means demand for professionalism and skills, new ideas - means needs in better education, strategic port - means better chances for retail and enterpot (buying for the purposes to sell).
Damn people love to talk about IQ and education, but that doesn't mean people do let their minds work.
@@train_xc mate, go back to school🎒📚
Well if Lee Kuan Yew and his Team didnt put in the system, infrastructure, and laws to take oppurtunity of the global economy of trade. We wouldnt be as "rich" as you all said.
Just because we are smaller and in a much easier implement controlled environment doesnt mean we didnt put in the hard work man. Yea we are small, doesnt mean we are having it easy. How many small countries can do the same?
Is Brunei doing the same? Is Taiwan doing the same? So no. Strictly talking about geography is a too simplistic and reductive way of looking at Singapore success.
Why do you think China have social and economical experiment cities all over. They copy us first and expand.
No one going to mention that Singapore is not actually richer than the UK, like not even particularly close - in fact it’s not even richer than London 😂
But it is, gdp per capita of Great Britain : 40k$ gdp per capita Singapore 60k$
@@zipfield55 per capita being key word here
@@zipfield55 you can't compare with so much difference in size. Select richest part of Britain with similar size to Singapore. And then you have Singapore poor In comparison.
@@prajwalbharambe343 you can use any metric you want - I can say the UK is 3 times richer than China - which by per capita metric is true.
Of course in almost every other measurable metric not tied to population, China would be (rightfully so) classed a wealthier nation.
Point is this is stupid logic. If you want to compare per capita, then compare Singapore vs London.
Again GDP per capita of London is still-greater than Singapore.
@@JonsVlogz that's what I said.🤦
😹🤣😹 To the Geniuses who think its corruption and not colonization. The corruption comes from the ppl who colonized you in order to keep you in your current conditions, Poor and little to no access to the the resources you literally sit on top of 🤦🏿♂️. What's not to understand about that
Singapore doesn't have gold, iron, oil, ressources for nuclear factories. So when Britain left Singapore they had zero ressources to loose, they did not have to kill their real democratic leaders to keep control of ressources.
Love how Singapore people in the comment speak with lot of sense tbh 😂
probably bc our history isn’t that long and learning about it is a compulsory part of our education lol.
Everybody knows the truth. White people just don't like to accept it.
give Singaporean to run 1 african countries.... lol people hate facts!! they hate it because it will reveal not everyone is smart, not everyone is nice
Sticking to the past instead of the present make sense to you ?
@@thedarkking32 bro africa is one of those continznt who got uncolonized super late, than with war and all rich countries were like "oh i can exploite some ppl, make them work for less cash".
Africa has rich countries, but poor ones too
She thinks she’s making soo much sense. That’s the saddest part😢
But its a Jordan Peterson approved video
You know what, that's not the saddest part
That the funny part 🤣
😂
@@johnkins6861 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Blacks sellout for peanuts 🥜
Colonizing is a totally different thing than conquering. 😅
You are truly right sister, believe me, many of Africans will stand against this fresh news
PRO TIP: if Jordan Peterson is involved the argument is bad faith.
He made sense sometimes. But as I watched his many videos. He just sounds like white supremacist male.
She looks like the kind of person who act like they know everything about Africa without ever even setting foot in it just bc of her skin color
Edit: don't bother going through the comments, half of them are deleted and you won't understand most the arguments bc of that
I disagree with her but she is a native of Senegal
You look like someone who hears someone's accent and STILL says some dumb ish like this
You can tell from her accent that she’s from Africa?? I’ll bet you’ve never set foot there yourself?
@@morticiagomez1870 I have been born in Africa and lived in Africa and am still living in Africa.
I wouldn't be saying this without being born there, raised there and living there.
Funny how you come at me for assuming shit abt her just to assme shit about me.
@@MLMenjoyer She could be native of Senegal without ever being raised or living there.
Nope, Africa is behind because a lot of it is still a colony of certain European power who likes croissant in the morning and more than often does not recall who their fathers are.
Comparing singapore to other countries is totally absurd, it is half the size of delhi and governing such small state is really easy.