Why Madagascar Is So Poor

Madagascar has an economy that’s worse off than war-torn Somalia and Yemen. Here’s why it’s one of the poorest countries on Earth.
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  • @rotemyagel4683
    @rotemyagel46837 ай бұрын

    Socialism never fails to fail

  • @rambom4a159

    @rambom4a159

    7 ай бұрын

    Yet colleges teach it today likes it’s good.

  • @rotemyagel4683

    @rotemyagel4683

    7 ай бұрын

    @sparrangle social democratic. When the ethnicity is the same and not multicultural. All this countries shifted to capitalism. The best ideology

  • @pocobull

    @pocobull

    7 ай бұрын

    ​@sparranglecapitalism, or free market economies, neither create, nor exacerbate the problems you cited, they alleviate them. Crony capitalism, which is a form of socialism, create and exacerbate the problems you cited.

  • @pocobull

    @pocobull

    7 ай бұрын

    @sparrangle during the last US election cycle, a number of prominent Democrats like Bernie Sanders, and AOC kept citing the Nordic countries as being "socialist" countries. Every one of those countries was quick to respond and deny emphatically that they are socialist. Now there is no doubt that they all have government funded social programs, such as health care, and welfare and what not. However, their economies are free market. Sweden was an absolute free market economy, and became quite wealthy. Then in the 70's and 80's they flirted with socialism, and it almost bankrupted the country, and they ditched socialism entirely. Norway has the advantage of being an oil rich nation, and a sovereign wealth fund that is in the trillions of dollars. All of the Nordic countries have relatively small, homogenous populations, and so they can afford to have some type of government funded social programs, but they come with an extremely high price tag, as they are some of the highest tax countries on the planet. Wages are high in all of the Nordic countries, but they have to be, because the cost of living is among the highest in Europe. The United States has all of the same government funded social programs that the Nordic countries do, including health care. However, the US has a population almost 10 times that of any of the Nordic countries, and is anything but homogenous. The US is also the most bankrupt nation in the history of the planet, with debts that total about $200 trillion, when you factor in the unfunded liabilities of Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security. None of the US problems stem from capitalism, or free markets. They all stem from government intervention in the economy, government debt to fund it's social programs, and the crony capitalism that I mentioned earlier.

  • @pocobull

    @pocobull

    7 ай бұрын

    @sparrangle no problem, it's an interesting subject. There's a number of videos on KZread by economists like Walter Williams, Milton Friedman, and Thomas Sowell, discussing socialism and free markets. If you are interested in researching the subject further, I highly recommend them. Take care and God bless :)

  • @kevinquinn7645
    @kevinquinn76457 ай бұрын

    The only Madagascar dictator I know is King Julien XIII.

  • @robinlanyon3709
    @robinlanyon37097 ай бұрын

    I absolutely love these informative Why Minutes. I look forward to them.

  • @TheManinBlack9054

    @TheManinBlack9054

    3 ай бұрын

    They're not informative, its blatant political propaganda. Its extremely obvious. Instead of giving an actual unbiased answer he spins it into his agenda. You'll find nothing of actual educational value here.

  • @michaelman957
    @michaelman9577 ай бұрын

    Before even watching the video, my guess was "socialism." It was a good guess.

  • @Benjanuva

    @Benjanuva

    7 ай бұрын

    I was going to say political corruption, but I guess all socialist countries have extreme corruption.

  • @shauncameron8390

    @shauncameron8390

    2 ай бұрын

    @@Benjanuva And in its wake, a co-dependent population.

  • @kaze6979
    @kaze69797 ай бұрын

    Many of today's youth want this! Sad.

  • @neovenom7187

    @neovenom7187

    7 ай бұрын

    that's because they have no goals, no nurturing, or sense of accomplishment. It's the result of the bigotry of low expectations.

  • @FartSquirel

    @FartSquirel

    7 ай бұрын

    @@neovenom7187 yep, and that's result of Socialism.

  • @longjidalu3845

    @longjidalu3845

    7 ай бұрын

    It is all due to a sense of entitlement and laziness.

  • @nedruss7040

    @nedruss7040

    7 ай бұрын

    @@longjidalu3845 Also, stunning ignorance. The haven't actually seen the countries whose governments they want to emulate. I get the feeling, they would not want to spend their evenings hunting for feral dogs & cats so they can feed themselves, like in Venezuela.

  • @genewilliams617

    @genewilliams617

    7 ай бұрын

    They think they do!

  • @jaonatohinirina565
    @jaonatohinirina5657 ай бұрын

    Thank you for giving your time to talk about my country. We have it bad, like really really bad and that despite the fact that I'm a high middle class guy. I was born and currently live in madagascar and I don't really understand most political talking point but one thing i'm sure is that the governement here definitely has TOO MUCH POWER. The current ruler is a stealth dictator, the last election were unconstitutional and FAKE. To illustrate how bad the situation here is : our government recently borrowed money from the european to build a telepheric...In a country that doesn't even have enough electricity to power a stadium without cutting the juice form other part of the city. And you know where those millions goes ? In their pocket, they didn't even finish the project ! WTF ! And nobody says anything in fear of persecution. The police doesn't work, officials can act in anyway they want and won't be prosecuted unless they belong to the opposing party. STDs just reached new height record because more women sell their body for cash amid the poverty in hope that some old foreigners take them away from this hellhole of a country.

  • @pinchebruha405

    @pinchebruha405

    7 ай бұрын

    😢

  • @matthewheald8964

    @matthewheald8964

    3 ай бұрын

    I’m sorry to hear about all this and I really hope you guys fix things up soon. God bless 🇺🇸❤️

  • @gorilladisco9108

    @gorilladisco9108

    Ай бұрын

    One question. What is telepheric?

  • @jaonatohinirina565

    @jaonatohinirina565

    Ай бұрын

    @@gorilladisco9108 It's those cabin that travels while being suspended on wire

  • @paulroyal2177
    @paulroyal21777 ай бұрын

    Madagascar sounds amazing on paper, but socialism is scary... One historian said the push for socialism has two motivators: anxiety-ridden control freaks try to make Camelot, and venereal diseases need authoritarian strictures to control. Regarding the latter, he pointed out that low-imagination Russian officials created their social control discipline programs "because of" a nationwide VD outbreak... It is possible that the people of Madagascar will suffer through their government work programs until they develop an engrained tradition of hard work ethic programs. Then they'll see they have the wealth for a higher standard of living, and they'll have to develop private banking (ie., Capitalism).

  • @user-ze3sg6ix1u

    @user-ze3sg6ix1u

    7 ай бұрын

    ​@@sparrangle They are not partially socialist. They have social programs, that are FUNDED by capitalism. Capitalism is responsible for generating all the wealth. Not worker owned co-ops and centrally planned economies

  • @priestesslucy3299

    @priestesslucy3299

    7 ай бұрын

    Tropical people are rather disinclined towards hard work. It's a climate where resources are easy to come buy and available year round. If you have what you need and don't need to push yourself, then why push yourself? That's basically the retirement dream of temperate hard working people, but they live it their whole lives. Frankly I would take that wealth of lifestyle over dollar bills

  • @wishteria234

    @wishteria234

    7 ай бұрын

    @@user-ze3sg6ix1uAbsolutely, socialism always fails. Fact

  • @Sextus70

    @Sextus70

    6 ай бұрын

    ​@@user-ze3sg6ix1u The "workers' ownership of the means of production" is maybe the biggest fairy tale and scam of hardcore Marxist socialism. In the end, there will be always someone at the top of the hierarchy who will decide how to manage and spend the resources (and in most fanatical socialist countries those "chosen ones" are usually the less apt to do so).

  • @shauncameron8390

    @shauncameron8390

    3 ай бұрын

    @@Sextus70 Workers as in bureaucrats and civil servants. Ordinary people are just pawns in the socialist grand scheme of things.

  • @thomasgarrett1828
    @thomasgarrett18286 ай бұрын

    I have been to Madagascar. There are also some native traditions that hold the country back, such as slaughtering as much as 80% of a person's cattle herd after he/she dies.

  • @FirebirdFreak87
    @FirebirdFreak877 ай бұрын

    Marxism always fails. Also, the embodiment of the definition of insanity.

  • @alejandromaldonado6159

    @alejandromaldonado6159

    7 ай бұрын

    ​@sparrangleThey are hardcore capitalist not by any measure socialist to any real degree

  • @nunterz

    @nunterz

    7 ай бұрын

    @sparrangle in very tiny part socialist, so tiny they actually take offense at being called socialist. What resembles socialism is that they have a large welfare system, but it is less of a redistribution through classes (from the rich to the poor) but redistribution through time. You pay for everything you receive through taxes just not when you use that service. So nothing is for free. But the economy is free, more so than in the US. Corporate taxes are relatively low, regulations are much less stifling, the government doesn't crack down on businesses. That's how they are able to produce so much wealth.

  • @shauncameron8390

    @shauncameron8390

    3 ай бұрын

    @@alejandromaldonado6159 Madagascar was destroyed by socialism.

  • @finiavanamandresy5460
    @finiavanamandresy54605 ай бұрын

    I'm from Madagascar. After learning about many other developed and developing countries, I have officially dubbed my country one of the greatest political and economic mysteries of the century. Apart from everything mentioned in the video, we are the only country among the poorest economies that has not been involved in any wars since gaining independence. We have a relatively peaceful neighborhood, tons of resources, easy access to the sea, arable land, you name it. Yet, here we are. We also had a pretty solid precolonial civilization that was beginning to open up to the world in the same way Japan did and industrialize-too late, as the scramble for Africa had already begun. Also, guess what? Even now, you still hear some people saying things like "a dictatorship is what we currently need" or "we need to revert back to communism." Masochists much? Most of our forests are already gone, the capital is a hellhole (other places are nice though; I recommend them), the uneducated population is booming, and nepotism inherited from the communist/socialist-ish (nothing to do with European socialism) era has plagued the country's political life ever since. Realizing that there is no hope left, much of the few remaining educated middle class have left the country; I was one of them. Only a few stayed, and it seems they are leaving too. The country is doomed.

  • @finiavanamandresy5460

    @finiavanamandresy5460

    5 ай бұрын

    My only theory as to why we have repeatedly made the wrong political decisions is that thousands of years of isolationism, without any real neighboring power, led to no competition, ideas, and cultural exchange. This resulted in a backward culture and a lack of innovation. Japan had China and the Mongolian Empire, while the UK had Europe. Madagascar was on its own, apart from the occasional pirates and Middle Eastern traders.

  • @ikengaspirit3063

    @ikengaspirit3063

    2 ай бұрын

    ​@@finiavanamandresy5460 I don't buy this theory. Madagascar based mariners raided the Zanj coast in 900, then the Yemeni coast in 1200 and the Malilaka area was absorbed into Swahili civilization. That feels to be similar enough to Japan, where only Mongolia invaded and was unsuccessful and aside from that several pirate activity. I think bad post independence decisions are at the root.

  • @ThePathshaker

    @ThePathshaker

    11 күн бұрын

    Can we connect more my Leader, I'm AMB. EYIDE JONATHAN ORITSEMISAN, YOUTH AMBASSADOR TO MADAGASCAR... WE CAN RELATE MORE IF YOU ARE INTERESTED

  • @thenathanimal2909
    @thenathanimal29097 ай бұрын

    They should have elected King Julian

  • @hasletjoe5984
    @hasletjoe59847 ай бұрын

    Sounds familiar to the path the United States is currently on

  • @dizzyg3890
    @dizzyg38907 ай бұрын

    Love your work😊

  • @arnijulian6241
    @arnijulian62417 ай бұрын

    Creed plays a part a as well for look at some cultures that make riches out of nothing like Ireland, Luxemburg, Singapore, & Switzerland. The Jewish people were offered Madagascar before ww2 yet they made riches & nukes in a desert surrounded on all sides but sea by barbaric people that haven't changed in millennia Mind as smart as the Jewish people supposedly are why would they life in the one place with enemies on all sides? They aren't smart but their cultural ways have many advantages to a stable society even if they do alienate themselves. Cultural relativism is a lie for look at western Europe vs the eastern Europe let alone the west vs the East. Some Cultures especially the Anglo-sphere with English language that invented nuclear arms & just about everything or Britain alone holds 90% of all used patents according to Japans Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry. Japan is another interesting truly intelligent culture for they can bring in foreign idea that work while rejecting those that are detrimental while staying ethnically homogenous for 98.5% of Japan minimum is Japanese. You can take alien concepts but not have to house 1/2 the 3rd world that will only cause civil collapse eventually! Socialism part of collectivism which includes Islamic theocracy does lead to failed states but why did they pick such terrible political theory? You want to end up in the same living state as these people being them to our lands & it will be the same as the mud & sticks they live in, in time. I have no sympathy for people unwilling to change or help themselves the punters!

  • @janrdoh
    @janrdoh7 ай бұрын

    Socialism is awsome, when you are at the head of it.

  • @dubaspace
    @dubaspace5 ай бұрын

    Having traveled to nearly 80 countries northwest Madagascar really stands out In probably my top 5 for its natural beauty/beaches/great people (at least anecdotally)….the capital is one of the worst hells on earth I’ve ever seen though

  • @peta6710
    @peta67102 ай бұрын

    wow thanks for that History lesson and current day issues.

  • @omnivore2220
    @omnivore22207 ай бұрын

    "Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and has become a dwelling place of demons, a prison for every foul spirit, and a cage for every unclean and hated bird! For all the nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth have become rich through the abundance of her luxury.” Revelation 18

  • @henryvegter8773

    @henryvegter8773

    7 ай бұрын

    This. It gives me a hangover just thinking about it. 😂

  • @justinvanburen8259
    @justinvanburen82596 ай бұрын

    WOW!!! I had no clue about that island!!

  • @JohannY3
    @JohannY32 ай бұрын

    That "voting for the strong man that promise to give us everything for free" mentality is very strongly embedded in African culture across the continent.

  • @stevej71393
    @stevej713937 ай бұрын

    People act like having natural resources like precious metals is a godsend for a nation, when it is not. Mining is capital intensive - there's no such thing as a mom & pop mining company. Furthermore, commodities prices are very volatile, which means that mining is only particularly profitable when there's a lot of growth elsewhere in the global economy. Finally, countries that buy up lots of raw materials (like China) pay bottom dollar - after all, you need to make a profit after the raw goods are converted into finished products, and China has positioned itself as a cheap manufacturing hub. In short, not many people get rich off of mining, and the ones that do are certainly not the miners themselves.

  • @MarcPagan
    @MarcPagan7 ай бұрын

    IQ + Economic System + Culture = Results

  • @tariizm1500

    @tariizm1500

    4 ай бұрын

    iq doesnt mean much

  • @MarcPagan

    @MarcPagan

    4 ай бұрын

    IQ certainly means a great deal, but not everything. What IQ is required to be a physicist, physician, or garbage man? @@tariizm1500 Why does the U.S. Military require a min IQ of 83?

  • @ramonovazquez4351
    @ramonovazquez43517 ай бұрын

    I guess that every country has the government it deserves.

  • @GF-qb3uo

    @GF-qb3uo

    7 ай бұрын

    @@sparrangle I'll give you outside military intervention. With that said, countries can resist economic pressure, especially in the case at hand where they control valuable resources that they can find other buyers for. "Colonial legacies" is a lazy excuse for poor decision making by native leaders. E,g., Singapore, also a former colony but with less going for it than Madagascar, was able to transform itself into a trade powerhouse.

  • @shauncameron8390

    @shauncameron8390

    3 ай бұрын

    @jackgreen901 But Madagascar does not have that excuse as socialism had free reign.

  • @NotMyWar
    @NotMyWar7 ай бұрын

    Blows my mind that they just keep falling for it too…

  • @FartSquirel
    @FartSquirel7 ай бұрын

    I guess they prefer to party: I like to move it. move it.

  • @VincitOmniaVeritas7
    @VincitOmniaVeritas77 ай бұрын

    I blame the penguins..

  • @ktkitty1903
    @ktkitty19037 ай бұрын

    That was their plan before they got there.😢

  • @knutdergroe9757
    @knutdergroe97577 ай бұрын

    Big lesson: You have a choice; Put faith man, Or put faith in God. A lesson that the United States is failing at, currently.

  • @lukeherdaii9528
    @lukeherdaii95287 ай бұрын

    And I’m sure that it has nothing to do with demographics.

  • @JM-gu3tx
    @JM-gu3tx7 ай бұрын

    Great video but he needs to learn subject-verb agreement.

  • @cyrilstrecker8786
    @cyrilstrecker87867 ай бұрын

    The colour

  • @dantheman9135
    @dantheman91357 ай бұрын

    Crush on....

  • @lobbyskids2
    @lobbyskids27 ай бұрын

    They shouldnt have trusted king Julien

  • @tashikoweinstein435
    @tashikoweinstein4357 ай бұрын

    Actually, Colombia has the most biodiversity in the world!!

  • @kamaujohn6303

    @kamaujohn6303

    5 ай бұрын

    what of brazil?

  • @1337fraggzb00N
    @1337fraggzb00N7 ай бұрын

    Because King Julien spends all the money 😱

  • @freedomfan3277
    @freedomfan32777 ай бұрын

    Stupid people do stupid things.

  • @imspyingonyou2243
    @imspyingonyou22437 ай бұрын

    I thought this had something to do with animals from New York Zoo.

  • @kyleerasmus7179
    @kyleerasmus71793 ай бұрын

    You forget the more recent presidents, ravalomanana was ousted by the French government. It seems to me that the current president is controlled by France, as opposed to China. Why does France need to keep madagascar poor though?

  • @maksminimus3089
    @maksminimus30897 ай бұрын

    How does government ownership of natural resources inflict poverty? In Norway, oil and gas resources are nationalized, and the governemt collects 70% in taxes on extracted oil and gas. That money goes to national budget, and it works - Norway is rather wealthy. On the other habd, you have Nigeria, with western companies drilling oil and gas, and Nigerians are poor. So I guess we'd rather need to ask how Madagascar's natural resources are managed.

  • @wishteria234

    @wishteria234

    7 ай бұрын

    corruption

  • @user-yp9fb1jb6m

    @user-yp9fb1jb6m

    7 ай бұрын

    Norway is "rather" wealthy. Abandon the government management of resources and Norway would be IMMENSELY wealthy. Why settle for mediocrity?

  • @maksminimus3089

    @maksminimus3089

    7 ай бұрын

    @@user-yp9fb1jb6mIf Norway's government was abandoned, how would those resources be managed to ensure revenue distribution to Norwegians?

  • @s1nnocense

    @s1nnocense

    5 ай бұрын

    @@user-yp9fb1jb6m Nothing about this is mediocre. Norway is a top 5 nation by any metric. Look at the shithole that is the US compared.

  • @finiavanamandresy5460

    @finiavanamandresy5460

    4 ай бұрын

    It's curruption man, it's corruption.

  • @melybridge-ps1vg
    @melybridge-ps1vgАй бұрын

    Rehefa Olona lefaka mitondra firenena izao no Alehany.

  • @blackbardstudio6067
    @blackbardstudio6067Ай бұрын

    Many countries which are not socialist have universal healthcare, public schools,free further education and social housing. Madagascar has none of these. Also many countries have welfare and public owned services and are not Marxist. I feel Americans lack discernment in politics and assume that governments which "interfere" in public services are obviously Marxist. Madagascar has poor governance, low productivity and did not grow a grass roots democracy.

  • @magnvss
    @magnvss7 ай бұрын

    Once you established socialism for decades, is like having an entire population whose feet have been cut and saying "well, now it's time to run". Hence, socialism finds its way to the perpetuity on power. You can dream of a different society but with millions dependent on whatever government help that is already established, it's a hard call, let alone democratically impossible.

  • @dat581
    @dat58116 сағат бұрын

    Simple. It was colonised by the French instead of the British.

  • @boulderbash19700209
    @boulderbash197002097 ай бұрын

    Q : Dictatorship socialism failed, and then democratic socialism also failed. What's the common denominator of both? A : Colonialism 😖

  • @happyscrub
    @happyscrub7 ай бұрын

    Liked the facts, but the opinion (answer to the question) was lacking substance.

  • @TanteEmmaaa
    @TanteEmmaaa13 күн бұрын

    This channels teaches me that democracy doesn't work because voters are stupid.

  • @pennypothoneypot634mimmahappun
    @pennypothoneypot634mimmahappun7 ай бұрын

    Like Video

  • @radix133
    @radix1337 ай бұрын

    Obama would be an excellent leader of Madagascar.

  • @DrSales-zl3kq
    @DrSales-zl3kq7 ай бұрын

    Who is writing your Scripts and why dont they show their faces?

  • @johngaltman
    @johngaltman7 ай бұрын

    Easy answer, because of the people that live there... If the European diaspora settled there it would be completely different...

  • @lewiswells6763
    @lewiswells67634 ай бұрын

    This is a very shallow dive into the eceonomy and the history of Madagascar. I didn't learn anything from this video.

  • @tariizm1500

    @tariizm1500

    4 ай бұрын

    how? having marxist government 2 times tells everything you need to know

  • @pipnipipa7627mimmahappunchaol
    @pipnipipa7627mimmahappunchaol7 ай бұрын

    Like The Video

  • @amateurcrastinator9523
    @amateurcrastinator95237 ай бұрын

    Well because there are no people and it's infested with Foosa, obviously.

  • @user-iz6sp6pe1r
    @user-iz6sp6pe1r7 ай бұрын

    First ❤

  • @ctreid87
    @ctreid877 ай бұрын

    Beard Wednesday!

  • @lukebattiston6650
    @lukebattiston66507 ай бұрын

    The average IQ of Madagascar is 82. Hope this helps.

  • @finiavanamandresy5460

    @finiavanamandresy5460

    5 ай бұрын

    Despite what they say, IQ is related to education. I originated there and believe it or not the average IQ at my school was 99, on par with the UK. But the average person on the street would bring it down quite heavily, considering many can't even read or write, there are no genetic differences between those two groups. With that being said. The average westerner couldn't even hope to be as resourceful as they are, and wouldn't last a week in the living conditions of the poorest folks there, but those are not assessed in the IQ test. If society collapses we die, they live.

  • @lukebattiston6650

    @lukebattiston6650

    5 ай бұрын

    @@finiavanamandresy5460 You're just cherry picking data and describing how the top percentiles of intelligent people go to school in that country and the dumber ones don't even bother. This used to be the case in the West as well. The average IQ of a high school graduate in the west in the 60s and earlier was 110, and 130 for a Uni degree. Average and less intelligent people just started apprenticing with trade work and mill work etc. So no, saying education raises your raw intelligence is like saying playing on a basketball team will make you taller.

  • @shauncameron8390

    @shauncameron8390

    3 ай бұрын

    That's on par with the Dominican Republic.

  • @selmsn4108
    @selmsn41087 ай бұрын

    Hey, you smarty one... Before you ask why there is a poor country in Africa, I think you should ask why Europe in general... and in particular France is rich... These two questions are related to each other.

  • @Maxmulham

    @Maxmulham

    7 ай бұрын

    Doesn't explain the African nations who moved on and are doing much better for themselves. If you're just going to whine about the past and not not concentrate on the future, it's a doomed strategy from the get go.

  • @selmsn4108

    @selmsn4108

    7 ай бұрын

    @@Maxmulham The author of the video clip made a fundamental fallacy when he said to the effect that this country has industrial raw materials, so it should be rich. If it is not so, then the problem is mismanagement.... The presence of important raw materials for industry in a country does not mean that its economy should be Prosperous. Let us take two examples of the case of Madagascar... Diamonds. Although Madagascar is a diamond-producing country, its production is not that large. It is not even on the list of the top ten producers! By the way, the country at the top of the list is Botswana (almost a third of global production). However, it is not that amazing of an economy. The following example is vanilla. Although Madagascar is one of the first countries in the world to produce vanilla, it is not a crop with high financial returns, as it is a flavoring or food additive in the end. In addition, the presence of a substance such as artificial vanilla in the markets constituted a cheaper alternative to natural vanilla and thus contributed to reducing its already low financial returns.

  • @nunterz

    @nunterz

    7 ай бұрын

    You are right and it's easy. Private property and enterpreneurship, individualism, rule of law in Europe, the lack of those in Africa - whoever adopted these institutions, became rich even without vast natural resources. Destroy these institutions - like they were in Eastern Europe during Communism and you'll become dirt poor.

  • @user-zf6xz1sp2h
    @user-zf6xz1sp2h7 ай бұрын

    TRUMP