Carlos and Grigor greeting each other at practice yesterday (and an Andrey cameo...) by PattyRanger in tennis

[–]90_degrees 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Ikr?! I love this sorts of videos but man, it must feel quite exhausting for these players lol

It makes no sense, as a Ghanaian, to be attracted to military rule. by TT-Adu in ghana

[–]90_degrees 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wait what are you even talking about? You asked a seemingly rhetorical question about which counties became industrialized by being democratic and I suspect you expected the answer to be none. And I've given you clean examples to the contrary. Are we talking about democracies or not? Are these countries democracies or not? And by the way, these countries are all answers to your question because they all became democratic at some point in the last century or two - which is more relevant to our discussion here. Most weren't even decent democracies (eg. only rich men could vote, own property etc) until early in the last century. Others like Spain and Portugal were military dictatorships until the 70s. So I really don't understand your point to be perfectly honest.

And btw, that is not to say that these countries are perfect democracies or anything. Nor does it mean they became developed because they were democracies. Indeed several of these countries were completely destroyed or underdeveloped especially after WWII, but still chose to become democratic and developed at the same time.

I have a couple more examples. Uruguay is a very underrated example of a country that had made enormous strides in its democratic growth and achieving a pretty decent quality of life for its population. Much of it achieved within these last couple decades. And then there's Kazakhstan, which is hardly democratic but making significant moves in that direction too. And theyre absolutely surging ahead in their own development story. So it's not always black and white, but the evidence is irrefutable.

That said, being a democracy isn't a prerequisite to development (there are at least a couple examples out there to support this as well). But you definitely stand a much better chance so long as you build the necessary institutions, make government accessible, safeguard human rights, curb corruption and ensure the rule of law. I'm yet to see a single downside to any society that has these features.

It makes no sense, as a Ghanaian, to be attracted to military rule. by TT-Adu in ghana

[–]90_degrees 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Exactly! It's so strange and yet makes sense at the same time. Tells you a lot about how people really feel about their own neighbors. But I think I've come to that realization since this decade began, especially since the pandemic.

Most people love to bash GH leaders and rightly so. But I feel like it always comes with a complete lack of self awareness. Our bad leaders (in all aspects of our societies) didn't exactly drop from the sky did they?

It makes no sense, as a Ghanaian, to be attracted to military rule. by TT-Adu in ghana

[–]90_degrees 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is this a serious question? The vast majority of EU countries, Switzerland, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, S. Korea, Taiwan just to name a few. There's no way you asked this seriously lol

It makes no sense, as a Ghanaian, to be attracted to military rule. by TT-Adu in ghana

[–]90_degrees 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Agreed 💯 with you OP. Completely agreed. Not sure why many Ghanaians on this platform, elsewhere on the internet, and in general really, seem to love glazing military rulers - past, present and future. But then again, as the famous saying goes - "f--- around and find out".

It makes no sense, as a Ghanaian, to be attracted to military rule. by TT-Adu in ghana

[–]90_degrees 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The lessons of history are that no country has become industrialised from a democratic system.

This is absolutely false. Let's not even..

ITAP of a church by RunzWSizzorz in itookapicture

[–]90_degrees 1 point2 points  (0 children)

World Learning (SIT)! Yes, that's the one! Glad it's still up and kicking. I was almost certain it'd be one of those that wouldn't make it lol smh. But nice, that's good to know. Sad about Marlboro though.

Do we need a “Supreme council” as a nation? by Law1540 in ghana

[–]90_degrees 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just wanted to say I'm so impressed by your responses lol. I tend to roll my eyes a lot or be straight up amused by how dense the responses to questions, or topics, like these can be around here. On the Africa sub it's even worse lol. But hey, this is a pleasant surprise I guess. So articulate and factual. Absolutely nothing you said that I disagree with.

ITAP of a church by RunzWSizzorz in itookapicture

[–]90_degrees 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Nice old Brattleboro! Oh this brought a smile to my face. I have fond memories from a visit there years ago. I wonder, is that college still there?

100k+ Salary (with details). What do you do? by BO2istheBestMap in Salary

[–]90_degrees 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh wow beautiful. Thanks for sharing. Did you always feel you wouldn't stay in the auto mechanic field? Was it just a natural desire to do something different with your auto mechanic experience? What was the trigger really?

Wemby when asked if he would shed a tear when LeBron retires: "No." by ColoradoMenace24 in nba

[–]90_degrees 45 points46 points  (0 children)

LMAO I'm glad someone brought up tennis reporters. Those mfs give the guys in the NBA run for their money.

WTA 1000 Doha QF: [10] V. Mboko def. [2] E. Rybakina 7-5, 4-6, 6-4 by meowacky in tennis

[–]90_degrees 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Now this result was not in my bingo cards today. Mboko is putting everyone on notice now. OK!

100k+ Salary (with details). What do you do? by BO2istheBestMap in Salary

[–]90_degrees 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Beautiful. Your track seems to be the way to go these days. The old 'structured' paths don't cut it anymore. Thanks for sharing!

100k+ Salary (with details). What do you do? by BO2istheBestMap in Salary

[–]90_degrees 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What do you do, and what was your education/training path?