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Originally Posted by Bicycle Bob
The Dominican Republic has more rain, better soil, and started with a lower population.
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Not so. They both started with essentially the same population, after accounting for the effects of disease & gunpowder on the pre-Columbian population.
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The biggest single factor, however, is that they had a dictator who shot loggers instead of hiring them.
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A dictator's a dictator, no? Or you could look at it from a different perspective, and say that the DR's government, regardless of its form, had sense enough to safeguard environmental resources, while Haiti's did not.
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Haiti has also been screwed at every opportunity because it inspires other slaves to revolt, and can't be allowed to succeed, according to the plutocracy.
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Oh, crap. That excuse again.