Search:

Type: Posts; User: Tooting Carmen; Keyword(s):

Page 1 of 200 1 2 3 4

Search: Search took 1.52 seconds.

  1. Memo to Creoda: we don't elect leaders in Britain...

    Memo to Creoda: we don't elect leaders in Britain and Ireland, only parties. This being said, it is indeed odd how NI remains the only part of the British Isles with a White leader. Furthermore, I...
  2. What do you mean?

    What do you mean?
  3. I am closing this thread, as there is too much...

    I am closing this thread, as there is too much off-topic (and I have been partly guilty of it myself).
  4. No.

    No.
  5. It never was. And there have been incremental...

    It never was. And there have been incremental improvements since the last HDI study in 2021 - it is better than Bolivia now, for starters.
  6. Yes, I still cannot get past your praise for...

    Yes, I still cannot get past your praise for Franco and Trujillo.
  7. Have you met any Colombians in Peru? I am not...

    Have you met any Colombians in Peru? I am not saying that they'd be anything like as numerous as the Venezuelans who've gone there in recent years, but have you met some even so?
  8. There are some snobbish and racist elitist types,...

    There are some snobbish and racist elitist types, but I wouldn't say they are any more prevalent than in many other countries, and the point is that the Black and Mulatto middle-classes are actually...
  9. Colombians are actually a pretty serious and...

    Colombians are actually a pretty serious and entrepeneurial people; the problem is they don't use said entrepeneurialism necessarily in the most lawful or constructive manner. And their seriousness...
  10. In contrast to the likes of Haiti and Somalia,...

    In contrast to the likes of Haiti and Somalia, which can be described as "disorganised chaos", Colombia in many ways is the epitome of "organised chaos" and, as perverse as this sounds, in many ways...
  11. Well I remember watching it when it came out (no...

    Well I remember watching it when it came out (no pun intended!) over twenty years ago, and that alongside reading the tragic story of Gloria Estefan's childhood started to make me have doubts. But...
  12. The more I have learnt about Cuba, the more put...

    The more I have learnt about Cuba, the more put off by the regime I have become. I used to be a qualified supporter of it, but really it is just an impoverished totalitarian dictatorship, and...
  13. Yet despite that, haven't you said that more than...

    Yet despite that, haven't you said that more than a few Dominicans would even choose to supplant Spanish with English, given the choice?
  14. How is the US occupation nowadays viewed by most...

    How is the US occupation nowadays viewed by most Dominicans?
  15. A lot of Alpines.

    A lot of Alpines.
  16. Did the US try to impose racial segregation...

    Did the US try to impose racial segregation during the years they occupied DR?
  17. So was the White population substantially reduced...

    So was the White population substantially reduced more due to the Haitian invasion or more due to mixing with Blacks and Mulattoes?
  18. I doubt pure Whites were that high, that would...

    I doubt pure Whites were that high, that would make DR like Chile.
  19. Or to put it another way: the White population in...

    Or to put it another way: the White population in DR was even smaller and even the elites were browner/blacker than their counterparts elsewhere in the Continent.
  20. Indeed, but (1) this elemental understanding...

    Indeed, but (1) this elemental understanding seems to be beyond lots of other forum members, (2) at least based on this study, Chile is only a little more successful than Argentina and (3) the two...
  21. The DR has been doing well recently, but as you...

    The DR has been doing well recently, but as you have previously admitted yourself it was pretty poor for a long time (though never comparable to its neighbour, of course). But seriously, while...
  22. I am aware of the brutality of the Haitian...

    I am aware of the brutality of the Haitian Revolution (though ironically it was probably no more so than the Revolution of its former colonial master), but the point is that there are lots of other...
  23. More generally, as I have argued lots of times...

    More generally, as I have argued lots of times previously, those who say that Haiti is like it is due to its racial demographics/admixture seem to deliberately overlook the fact that it is such an...
  24. I don't deny that the Haitian situation is a...

    I don't deny that the Haitian situation is a reason behind the DR's problems, but it is not the reason. Why have so many Dominicans migrated to PR and the US (and still do) if it were so prosperous...
  25. DR and Haiti haven't been at war with each other...

    DR and Haiti haven't been at war with each other for several decades. The truth is that, whatever its recent improvements, DR hasn't really been that wonderful either and its high rates of...
Results 1 to 25 of 5000
Page 1 of 200 1 2 3 4