Arme Länder, die weder nennenswerte Bodenschätze noch gefährliche Islamisten aufzubieten haben, sind die Angeschmierten der Globalisierung.
p.s.: Der beste Kommentar zu den „kulturellen Gründen“ der Armut Haitis, die aus einer Katastrophe erst die Tragödie gemacht haben, findet sich bei David Brooks:
Third, it is time to put the thorny issue of culture at the center of efforts to tackle global poverty. Why is Haiti so poor? Well, it has a history of oppression, slavery and colonialism. But so does Barbados, and Barbados is doing pretty well. Haiti has endured ruthless dictators, corruption and foreign invasions. But so has the Dominican Republic, and the D.R. is in much better shape. Haiti and the Dominican Republic share the same island and the same basic environment, yet the border between the two societies offers one of the starkest contrasts on earth — with trees and progress on one side, and deforestation and poverty and early death on the other.