The 10 Poorest Countries in the World

[Grand Champ]

Africa is a continent

I knew that, brain fart. Got it right in my first post

[*OG Wenger*]

But some of the poorest on that list, such as the Congo, get PLENTY of rainfall.

And Arizona and Nevada are drier than Ethiopia, and yet nobody starves there.

Very good points. But Arizona and Nevada are not countries, they are states in a rather wealthy country. They have all the resources they need around them.

[Mohammedini]

don't they have a lower IQ?

I think I read that somewhere.
I don't think this is a racial thing. It has more to do being exploited of their natural resources

Malnourishment leads to lower IQ. So does lack of education.
A lot of African countries are getting exploited for their natural resources by outside interests and are getting robbed blind.
Those countries without gold, natural gasses and oil are the countries in Africa that are the most stable.
Also lets not forget the droughts and Malaria, which leads to starvation and low productivity in many countries.
Take Singapore and India for example, when they eradicated malaria and their economies boomed

[Medved]

atleast they found teh Jeesus.

Last time I got banned when I spoke what i felt about Africa (the whole continent).

So Im gonna stay quiet this time

[Mohammedini]

Africa has a rich history that tends to be ignored and not taught. That is why many people are so ignorant when it comes to Africa.
Especially Americans who barely know were to find their own country on a world map.
Uncivilized?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Zimbabwe
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashanti_Empire
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timbuktu
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axumite_Kingdom
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaka_Zulu
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mansa_Musa http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghana_Empire

[Medved]

Africa has a rich history that tends to be ignored and not taught. That is why many people are so ignorant when it comes to Africa.
Especially Americans who barely know were to find their own country on a world map.
Uncivilized?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Zimbabwe
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashanti_Empire
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timbuktu
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axumite_Kingdom
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaka_Zulu
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mansa_Musa http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghana_Empire

Alot of African countries were doing very very good in the 1950's and 60's. If you go to Congo and other countries now and speak to the few old people alive from back then they will ALL say they want it back.

There used to be roads, water, electricity, jobs, schools.

go to Congo now, 99% of the roads are gone due to decay and it will take you 30 days to travel 500 miles by car.

The only people left that care about the place is Bible Thumpers.

Make the connection.

[Mohammedini]

But some of the poorest on that list, such as the Congo, get PLENTY of rainfall.

And Arizona and Nevada are drier than Ethiopia, and yet nobody starves there.

Congo is in a constant civil war and hhaos since the Cia assassinating the democratically elected Patrice Lumumba. Their is no stability in Kinshasa and the weak military Junta is unbelievable corrupt.
Ethiopia has a barely working agriculture where they can't grow or export nothing except coffee, which they get slaughtered in the global market due to the low yield of the crops and the global competition. Ethiopia do have money, but it is concentrated at the top while a huge chunk of the country is dirt poor.

[Mohammedini]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Model_m...can_immigrants

[Xyei]

why do they keep having kids if they can't provide for them or themselves?

seems illogical IMO

They don't have the luxury of being educated about it, nor do they have access to contraceptives. People like to fuck. Even poor people.

[Chups]

But some of the poorest on that list, such as the Congo, get PLENTY of rainfall.

And Arizona and Nevada are drier than Ethiopia, and yet nobody starves there.

White people fucked them up from the beginning and recently?