Climate Change Thread

[Greyblades]

Could have sworn we've discussed Rhodesia before and how Mughabe screwed everything up.

To simplify; there was a pattern in the ex colonies, either the communists come into power and screw the economy up, or they get blocked by a western supported president/dictator who was invariably corrupt (and half the time turned out to be a psychopath) who proceeded to screw the economy up. It really didnt do much for what used to be a region of fairly respectable output in terms of agriculture.

Turn a breadbasket into a dustbowl with one neat trick; just add premature independance during a cold war.

As for a source: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine...ountry/302845/

Too anticolonial in tone by my reckoning but it is quite comprehensive.