Haiti is an experiment that proves that Africa was helped by colonial rule.
“Haiti is an experiment that proves that Africa was helped by colonial rule.”
It does not seem that primitive societies are comfortable with the concept of government beyond the tribal level. Nor do many of those people regard anyone besides themselves. Corruption destroys any country.
Bingo. And that it became worse off as soon as the colonizers left.
In fact the same is true of Haiti itself. Haiti existed in abject squalor for over a hundred years after independence with little outside intervention from us or anyone else. They were politically dysfunctional throughout and had dozens of dictators, each violently ousting his predecessor. In 1915 after a string of several revolutions on a near monthly basis, the various lynch mobs running around the streets of the capital decided to attack all the foreign embassies. The U.S. said "enough is enough" and sent in the marines to take charge of the place.
We stayed for 20 years. In the process we put down all the rebellions. We rounded up all the criminal gangs and put them to work building roads, water lines, and other infrastructure. We modernized the capital and made it economically productive. We stabilized the political system, giving them 4 successive presidents who did not end their term by being ousted or killed by their successor (this sort of peaceful transition had only happened twice before in all of Haiti's history).
Then we left in 1934. The political system reverted back to where it is now. The infrastructure degraded and collapsed, with almost no new construction since we left. The roving street gangs and rebel armies returned. And worst of all, Haiti has blamed us ever since for "occupying" them.
The best thing to do with a sh*thole like Haiti is to ignore it and steer clear. They'll continue robbing, killing, and eating each other in the process, but it's gonna happen anyway so it is best not to trouble yourself over it. Haiti is a public nuisance of a country, and no matter what you do for them they're still ungrateful, still dysfunctional, and will still blame their dysfunction on the people trying to help them.