If Japan and Korea didn't have proximity to the two largest communist nations on the planet at the time they'd be in just as sorry a state.
After Japan got flattened by WW2, the US basically instituted a Japanese New Deal (actually designed by the same folks in charge of FDR's New Deal), which was strictly enforced by MacArthur. In fact, this is part of the reason Japan did as well as it did, because it adopted many of the pro-worker policies that the US had at the time.
99% of the time when you come across a country that isn't in "The West" that is capitalist and well off, it's either because they serve a useful end of Western capitalism, like Singapore. It sits smack dab in the middle of the busiest trade route on the planet.
Even Western Europe is only in such a good position because of the real popularity of communism and the very real danger of people overthrowing their bourgeois governments in favor of the SU post WW2. The US didn't dump billions of dollars in aid into it for nothing.
Leo Roberts
Myth pushed by lolbergs It's no better than the rest of SA
Austin Rogers
Are you chileans by any chance?
Adam Baker
Well my main concern here is that Chile has pretty big GDP per capita and big HDI, something which brainlets care about.
Jason Wilson
The """Miracles""" of Chile and the Asian tigers are myths that originated from a time when, in the Western world, it was normal to exaggerate or even outright fabricate evidence in favor of laissez-faire capitalism and go unchallenged in mainstream politics. In reality, Pinochet's free market politics were more catastrophic than any of Allende's plans and the success of the Asian countries was due to strong state influence in economic development.
It is true that capitalism does benefit underdeveloped nations in the short term, but lolberts tend to be massive hypocrites that think social authoritarianism is okay when they do it, because they think private property is the only fundamental right. Le ebin helicopter ride man and Singapore's insane cultural repression are objective evidence that human dignity does not, in fact, stem naturally from private property rights. Lolberts either stick their heads in the sand over it, or embrace it and become fashies.
Nolan Watson
This is correct. Before American investments Japan was poorer than Poland. Biggest proof is that west investment into few countries that they did invest is colonialism. liberals won't admit it but even us had colonies, where they engaged in genocide, and most of them are still underdeveloped. It wasn't untill communism became a thread when colonial empires gave a little bit back, however they gave a little to small nations. A lot of western vassals during the cold war like Pakistan,Indonesia,Congo and others are still very underdeveloped even thought there were pro western capitalist nations.
Best former american colony? Republic of Cuba Best former french colony? Socialist Republic of Vietnam Best former uk colony? Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
Landon Wright
Literally all four of these are foreign (mostly western) backed financial hubs with the exception of maybe Taiwan which straddles having both a large manufacturing economy for electronics, textiles, etc. and being a financial hub. Two of them (Taiwan and Singapore) had for the longest time a mostly centrally planned economy with the other two (Japan and South Korea) having a foreign assisted/planned economy with direct US military and monetary support. Japan is also still not allowed to maintain an offensive military, relying pretty much entirely on the US who eats up most of the cost.
Jack Fisher
high average national I Q predicted this
Charles Richardson
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Elijah Murphy
Does anyone know if Japan,Taiwan,Singapore or South Korea has any natural resources?
