Does it not amaze anyone else that Rome had “city water” some 2K years ago, and yet there are HUGE swaths of the world today that don’t - major metropolitan areas that don’t have any mechanism to deliver fresh water to its citizens?
It’s only a matter of law and order, and the will to have a content population. If Africa got quality government it could do a turnaround to being a world powerhouse in less than half a century. Just look at North America. America and Canada doing are doing rather well, but Mexico is a basket case of poverty despite massive natural resources and a population willing to work (which is mostly why they come here).
“Does it not amaze anyone else that Rome had “city water” some 2K years ago, and yet there are HUGE swaths of the world today that don’t - major metropolitan areas that don’t have any mechanism to deliver fresh water to its citizens?”
Very insightful post.