/sci/ - Science & Math

Was it really only last year?

Still sucks ass to live there.

Sad what colonialism and oppression can do to a people.

>>3547675
more than a year, i think its been over a year and a half actually. I actually remember my dad, who still works as an anesthesiologist, went to haiti to help. I wish I had some of the pictures he took while he was there

>>3547701
You mean how American colonialism hurt Japan, South Korea and West Germany? Compared to communist states like North Korea, Vietnam and East Germany which were free from evil imperialist capitalist pig dogs?

>>3547715
You... you don't know what colonialism means, do you?

It was a shit hole than an earthquake hit.

The world threw money at them.

Now its a shit hole.

>>3547717
If colonialism isn't what you implied it means then Haiti hasn't suffered from colonialism for over 200 years.

>>3547717
>imply simply trading with a country makes you guilty of colonialism
>play dumb when someone makes an absurd statement based on your implication
stay classy leftists

ummm no, 3rd world countries don't rebuild so quickly

The French wiped out the native population and then replaced them with imported Africans slaves, about a third of whom died almost immediately under brutal working conditions.. The slaves revolted in 1804 and Haiti became the first black republic. France was pissed and got all the capitalist countries including the United States to demand that the Haitians recompense the French for their loss of property (slaves and the sugar plantations, etc.) The Haitians are still paying off that debt (90 million 1804 dollars plus interest -with inflation that's over 9000 billion ducats in today;s money).
It has been occupied on and off by all sorts of people, including Syrians, all of whom looted the national treasury. The US sent in the Marines on several occasions, and aided in the military coups of several dictators and supported Papa Doc and Baby Doc Duvalier. Most recently, the US staged a coup against the democratically elected President Aristide.

Haiti makes your Nikes, your NBL baseballs, and t-shirts. Recently SecState Hillary Clinton intervened with the manufacturers assoc who were negotiating with the islands workforce to raise the minimum wage to $3 a day. The islanders lost.

Cut them some slack.

haiti is still paying their "debt" to France.

>>3547988

Capitalism general

got to love those private property rights.

nignogs can't civilization

The place is still in ruins. The money earmarked for Haiti aid mostly has not been sent as there is no functioning government for practical purposes. Some organizations do actively help, such as Partners in Health which has clinics and I think a hospital there.

>>3548023

>>3547988
>>3547994
Haitis ills seem to be more to do with statists than capitalists, somehow I think a group of people who control the use of force, coercion and violence are more capable of oppressing a country than someone using finance to bring resources and people together to provide high quality goods and services.

In fact I'm pretty sure Haiti could use more people using finance to bring resources and people together to provide high quality goods and services right about now.

>>3548116

Maybe in a few centuries from now Americans will be fleeing to Haiti on rafts made out of junk for a better life.

So..how is THIS /sci/ related again?