Why are living standards in the western world still far ahead of emerging countries?

[colonelangus]

Quote from saxon22:




I still vividly remember the "coffee cups" some Asians in our department would keep for their bathroom ass cleaning

beats dingleberries and clinkers stuck to your ass hairs.
besides, have you ever heard of a bidet? the french have been into keeping that area squeaky clean for hundreds of years

 

[saxon22]

Well, if the art of wiping your ass has so far managed to elude you then it is understandable to use alternative methods. Also, it would also help to have a functional plumbing system available.


As for the French they invented perfume before soap.

One has only to take a snap shot of average street or dwelling in India and do the same for Germany and the difference is striking.

 

[MohdSalleh]

Did you not know that toilet paper was invented in China, it was also originally scented. One only has to wonder what the West used to wipe their arse before paper-making was transmitted from east to west

 

[daveb351]

Tribalism is destructive to modern society. Whether it be by heritage, religion, or gangs. Even though it's western, northern Ireland had all 3...

 

[Random.Capital]

Quote from MohdSalleh:

Did you not know that toilet paper was invented in China...

Interesting.

But I'm not living 500 years ago, and neither are you - what does that bit of trivia have to do with the world we currently inhabit?

 

[saxon22]

Quote from MohdSalleh:

Did you not know that toilet paper was invented in China, it was also originally scented. One only has to wonder what the West used to wipe their arse before paper-making was transmitted from east to west

So was eating rats

 

[saxon22]

Quote from daveb351:

Tribalism is destructive to modern society. Whether it be by heritage, religion, or gangs. Even though it's western, northern Ireland had all 3...

Operative word being HAD. Most problems that India faces have yet to be resolved, and that caste system - takes the cake.

 

[TraderTactics]

Quote from maxpi:

I live in California and right next door is Mexico... Mexico has the natural resources that the US does, probably a lot more really... they have the Sonoran Desert where it gets to 140 degrees. They could supply at the very least, their entire country with very cheap electricity. But they are a lawless shithole where you can't even drink the water... It's about the people and their own decisions to be barbaric or to understand what cooperation brings.. some people have it, some don't. Expecting much to change is silly...

Most of the time, it is not the people who have problems as to why the economy of a certain country is still not progressing, but the government itself. Graft and corruption everywhere. Instead of using these money to improve the economy or one's standard of living, it doesn't happen. It goes to the pocket of those corrupt government officials.

G&C is everywhere, it's just that most struggling countries don't have enough resources to back up whatever these officials have stolen.

 

[deadbroke]

Quote from fkbsuhites:

Have you traveled beyound your county border?

Why don't you enlighten us why inner cities look like Haiti? ( or liberia or angola ... )

And it should be apparent to any thinking person that God does not give two shits about you or anyone else.

"traveled beyond your county border?"

better .. lived in 9 countRIES & counting .. thus far ....

"Why don't you enlighten us why inner cities look like Haiti?"

Because, like you said, you Nazi you, "the warm-hearted, friendly, caring people live there?"

"And it should be apparent to any thinking person that God does not give two shits about you or anyone else"

But the Devil does!!!!! Just look around at our white man/black-heart (You are THE rep) lands, soon to be giant tent cities - greedy, falling apart, most just one paycheck away from the Salvation Army aka Hell - living for decades beyond our means, now just crying like sissies to be bailed out by a black man (Obama)

 

[fkbsuhites]

You are all over the place. Make an effort to be a little more coherent.

What do you mean by "living for decades beyond our means"? If you are referring to the republican cluster fuck that began with Reagan and the rise of the cancerous evangelical movement , then you are correct. You can not wage unending wars with budget deficit spending on borrowed money. Eventually you will have to face the consequences.

The republican policies of war + large intrusive govt + massive borrowing + corporate and farm subsidies - govt. revenues = current cluster fuck in progress.

Tent cities? it's back to the republican cancer and their trade policies of exporting jobs and increasing illegals with their amnesty programs.

I think tent cities are not that bad at all. Voters need to punished for voting against their interests. It's time voters understood clearly if you vote for republicans, you'll get bent.

Quote from deadbroke:

"traveled beyond your county border?"

better .. lived in 9 countRIES & counting .. thus far ....

"Why don't you enlighten us why inner cities look like Haiti?"

Because, like you said, you Nazi you, "the warm-hearted, friendly, caring people live there?"

"And it should be apparent to any thinking person that God does not give two shits about you or anyone else"

But the Devil does!!!!! Just look around at our white man/black-heart (You are THE rep) lands, soon to be giant tent cities - greedy, falling apart, most just one paycheck away from the Salvation Army aka Hell - living for decades beyond our means, now just crying like sissies to be bailed out by a black man (Obama)