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There is no such thing as the "heart of gold humanitarian aid". The foreigner is not an altruist. The foreigner is not supposed to be an altruist. Anyone depending on the altruism of the foreigner is setting itself as a fool. A clear-headed citizen understands where its interests lie; if the foreigner's interests are compatible with yours, the welcome mat is put out, if not then the foreigner is kept at a safe distance from the citizenry. Are failed nations supposed to become Blanche DuBois (“I have always depended on the kindness of strangers.”)? Silly people say: "Look at China being altruist to poor nations!!!" So much nonsense. The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is a glorified work program for Chinese: 70% of labor in BRI projects are Chinese, not locals. There is growing resentment of Chinese in the client BRI nations. The Ugly Chinese has replaced the Ugly American in many parts of the world. Some of the BRI projects are becoming degraded, betraying the quality of Chinese Engineering. China is pursuing its own interests, being just as exploitative as the past Colonial Powers. The power of the USA is the power of its Productive Citizens. The goal of the American Foreign policy is the promotion of the Productive Class: Farmers, Weaponeers (yes!!!), Auto Builders, Civil Engineers, Medical Professionals, Rocket Engineers, and the like. If a distressed country is suffering a famine, the USA provides food (more business for USA farmers!!!). The USA does not force any particular solution to the distressed country. The leaders of the distressed country can change and finetune Foreign Aid. It can be that the distressed country needs trucks, not food per se. Not a problem. The USA can provide trucks (more business for USA auto makers!!!). What is the point of being an Independent Nation if you let yourself being slapped around by foreign interests? Is Haiti supposed to be Blanche Dubois (“I have always depended on the kindness of strangers.”)? It does not have to be so. Remember the US invasion of Grenada in 1983? Ronald Reagan had Eugenia Charles (Prime Minister of Dominica) to invite the USA to invade Grenada. Once done (the invasion) Ronald Reagan had a personal conversation with PM Charles in a limousine ride and offered military aid. Ms Charles responded that she sees no need for military aid but economic aid will be appreciated. President Reagan hesitated. She continued: "I can ask another world power to provide the economic aid." President Reagan said he will think it over. Thus was the genesis of the Caribbean Basin Initiative. An aide of PM Charles who was in the limousine told me about this exchange. Yes, a PM of an island nation of 365 square miles (pop. = 80,000) can change the mind of the Leader of the Free World. The Haitian Leadership has a wet noodle for a spine.

Haiti has been a low-export country since 1804. As of 2022 AD, the export per capita in Haiti is just 1/20 of the per capita export in the rest of the Caribbean (excluding Cuba which is a collapsing communist economy). In 1820 AD, the export per capita in Haiti was 60% of the per capita export in the rest of the Caribbean; but then the other lands were colonies at the time. England gave naturally favorable trade conditions with its colonies, not to Spanish colonies, not to Haiti. Spain gave naturally favorable trade conditions with its colonies, not to British colonies, not to Haiti. Post 1776, England took over whatever trade there was between Haiti and the American Colonies. For several decades there was this USA-England fight for trade in the Central and South America. Haiti has been a low-export country since 1804 because Haiti was a low-production country. By 1820 England bought up to 80% of Haiti exports but, again, Haiti was not producing much for export. With such a low-export economy, no one, no business is/was exploiting Haiti. Back in the colonial times one can argue that France exploited the slaves because Saint Domingue was exporting very large amounts of sugar, coffee, cacao, indigo. Saint Domingue was high-export. Haiti has always been low-export. In the early 1900's US occupied both Haiti and the Dominican Republic. These 2 nations went in drastically different ways. One cannot blame the US for Haiti's troubles. For decades foreign aid entrenched Haiti deeper in poverty and social unrest. So-called reparations to Haiti will have same effect as foreign aid.

The Haitian Revolution was an opportunistic and reactionary Revolution: if there were no French Revolution of 1789, there would have been no Haitian Revolution. There has always been slave revolts throughout the Americas and the Haitian slave revolts were no different from the revolts elsewhere. In 1789 France fell into crisis and was seen weak by the other European Powers. France was distracted by its troubles in Europe and cannot give full focus to its troubles in the Americas. Because of the wars amongst the colonial powers in Europe, Spain was distracted by its troubles in Europe and thus cannot give full focus to its troubles in the Americas. Spain being weakened, the Spanish colonies proceeded their campaigns of Independence from Spain. A silly commentator writes: "imo haiti barely had any chance to do anything, not to mention nation building, since they had to deal with how many coups from the west?" Incorrect. With the French Revolution of 1789, France was at war with various European powers. England and Spain attacked St Domingue not for St Domingue itself but because St Domingue was a French colony. Once Haiti became independent and Haiti had no Navy, Haiti became a NPC (non-playing character) in the war amongst the Colonial Powers. France had its hands full with fighting the European powers to be bothered much with Haiti. Yes, France got reparations from Haiti at no cost of French lives. After 1804, no European Power was interested in Haiti. The American Revolution was a deliberate and purposeful Revolution. In the 1770's England was in no crisis. If anything, the American Revolution may give an impetus to the French Revolution. The Founders predicted the excesses of the upcoming French Revolution. Haiti does not have the equivalent to the USA Federalist Papers.

Reparations do not stifle economic development. Look at Germany who had to pay reparations for WW1 and WW2. And yet Germany became a powerhouse after WW1 and after WW2. What is missing in your worldview? Answer: human resources, the human development index. The German people had the proper mindset for effective nation building. The Haitian people never had the proper mindset for effective nation building. France is not obligated to return anything to Haiti. Haiti made an agreement with France, adult-to-adult. Haiti is not an infant. What is the point of being an Independent Nation if you let yourself to be slapped around by foreigners? There are maintenance costs to Independence. Independence is not free. Independence for independence's sake is a silly concept. Ask yourself: what is the purpose for Independence? What is the ultimate goal: winning the war? winning the peace? Since 1804 Haiti has been losing the Peace. A 5 year-old child is foolish to seek independence from the parents. Yes, France was a terrible parent. There is/was no International Child Protection Services for Nations. So Haiti, the 5 year-old child, was stuck between a rock and a hard place. Bad Karma for Haiti. Haiti is still stuck between a rock and a hard place because of its own bad governance.

The pundits say that elections will remedy Haiti's problems. Nope. One will just replace 1 set of bad buys with another set of bad guys. Main problem is institutional corruption. Yes, the first step is to eliminate the current gangs but a full and honest understanding of how and why the gangs came about is needed. Basic rule of Law needs to be established. Really basic. Property Rights connected to proper individual identity. Hernando de Soto, a Peruvian economist, understood that property rights are needed for economic progress. The Clinton Administration had the correct idea to reform the legal system in Haiti but found the records of ownership of land and businesses were very poor and frauds of all kinds were common. Land reform is needed. Proper identification of individuals is needed (with accurate birth and death certificates). For a time, foreign administration of Customs, Post-Office, Ports, and other Government Institutions is needed. Also K-16 curriculum needs to reformed. Unfortunately > 90% of haitian intellectuals are socialists. To paraphrase the philosopher The Joker, Haiti needs an enema. International Intervention in Haiti. Compare that with the USA failed attempts in "nation building" in Iraq and Afghanistan. Military victories are easily accomplished. Nation building is very difficult. The USA succeeded militarily in Iraq and Afghanistan but failed in "nation building". The "nation building" failure falls not on the USA but on Iraq and Afghanistan. The "nation building" success in post WW2 Japan and Germany falls not on the USA but on Japan and Germany. The mindset, value set, culture of the peoples of Japan and Germany were suitable for nation building. The intention of International Intervention in Haiti is nation building. Haiti is currently a failed state. The mindset, value set, culture of the people of Haiti is not yet suitable for nation building. To paraphrase a song by the late Eddy Kendricks: "Haiti, you need a change of mind".

When evaluating the situation of Haiti in 2024, events 50 years ago matter much more than events 200 years ago. Let us start with, say, year 1950. In 1950, Haiti was 36% richer (per capita) than South Korea, in 1998 South Korea was 16 times richer (per capita) that Haiti. The SKorea-Haiti gap has been growing since. Why the difference? South Korea suffered through WW2 and the Korean War; Haiti was left untouched. The mean, rotten, nasty, rapacious International Corporations landed in South Korea to exploit, despoil, violate mercilessly the nation's land, resources, and people. All that time, said exploiter Corporations ignored Haiti. What is worse than being exploited? Answer: not being exploited at all. Per capita GDP was nearly twice as high in Haiti as in Bangladesh back in 1950--but by 2001, per capita output was higher in Bangladesh than in Haiti (by about 15 percent). The Bangladesh-Haiti gap has been growing since. In 1950 the Haitian economy was more or less at the same level as the economy of the Dominican Republic. CY2009 per capita income, of Haiti = $1,340; of Dominican Republic = $8,672. The DR-Haiti gap has been growing since. The reparation issue is a red herring. The reparations were done by 1947. In 1950, Haiti was in better shape than many countries; Haiti was untouched by WW2. Without the reparations burden Haiti will be less poor, but poor nonetheless. Who wants to intervene in Haiti? The poverty and misery of Haiti is its best defense. When the USA embargoed Cuba in 1960 about 50,000 haitians (seasonal workers) were marooned. In the 1960's and 1970's Cuba sent revolutionary activists (military, civilian) to Central America, South America, the Caribbean, and Africa. But Castro sent no agents to Haiti. Puzzling, given that there is a large haitian community in Cuba from which to recruit agents. A journalist asked the Cuban Ambassador to the United Nations why no agents were sent to Haiti. Answer: "Who wants to inherit Haiti's problems?"

Dan Foote is a clueless diplomat. Why Haiti began and remains poor (pt 5 of 11). Frederick Douglass' speech on Haiti in Chicago (January 2, 1893) A silly commentator writes: "To debunk your own self, Google Frederick Douglass Chicago speech on Haiti." The speech is very long and I will touch only the most salient points. Frederick Douglass was presenting the Haitian exhibit at the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893 held in Chicago that celebrated the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus' voyage to the Americas. To sell the Haitian exhibit to the audience Douglass had to mythologize Haiti (overplay the good, underplay the bad). However, if all Douglass did was to mythologize Haiti, he will be seen as dishonest and fake. So Douglass had to tell some facts about Haiti to retain credibility. Now the speech (My comments will be in brackets [...]): ... it is a remarkable and lamentable fact, that while Haiti is so near us and so capable of being so serviceable to us ... selling her coffee and her other valuable products to Europe for gold, and sending us her gold to buy our flour, our fish, our oil, our beef and our pork; while she is thus enriching our merchants and our farmers and our country generally, she is the one country to which we turn the cold shoulder. ... >>>>> [By selling her coffee and other products to Europe, isn't Haiti enriching herself? Why the complaint that the US is enriching itself by selling flour, oil, beef, pork to Haiti? How one is giving a cold shoulder to a country with which one is doing commerce? An illogical argumentation by Douglass.] But a deeper reason for coolness between the countries is this: Haiti is black, and we have not yet forgiven Haiti for being black or forgiven the Almighty for making her black. >>>>> [Subjective opinion of Douglass. This is 1893 and the USA has already recognized Haiti as a sovereign country. Political Resentment by Blacks started early.] In every other country on the globe a citizen of Haiti is sure of civil treatment. In every other nation his manhood is recognized and respected. >>>>> [Nope. Definitely not in France which was collecting reparations from Haiti. More racial resentment from Douglass. While the USA had 100% of its slaves in the USA, Europe had 99% of its slaves OUTSIDE Europe. In the 1890's the occasional Black in Europe is seen NOT with respect but with curiosity.] Besides, after Haiti had shaken off the fetters of bondage, and long after her freedom and independence had been recognized by all other civilized nations, we continued to refuse to acknowledge the fact and treated her as outside the sisterhood of nations. >>>>> [Nope. This is 1893 and the USA has already recognized Haiti as a sovereign country. Political Resentment by Blacks started early.] The attempt to create angry feeling in the United States against Haiti because she thought proper to refuse us the Mole St. Nicolas, is neither reasonable nor creditable. >>>>> [Nope. There was no popular animosity against Haiti because a military base cannot be set in Mole St. Nicolas. Such request was made several times and Haiti refused. So what. Later the US got Guantanamo in Cuba.] She produces coffee, cotton, log-wood, mahogany and lignum-vitae. >>>>> [Notice that sugar was not on the list of Haitian products.] With such an income, if Haiti could be kept free from revolutions, she might easily become, in proportion to her territory and population, the richest country in the world. >>>>> [Western Left applauds: "HAITI THE RICHEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD!!!". The mythologizing of Haiti. Douglass was realistic with the caveat: "free from revolutions".] And yet she is comparatively poor, not because she is revolutionary. >>>>> [So revolution did not make Haiti poor?] I have said that the men did not strike me as equal to the women, and I think that this is largely due to the fact that most of the men are compelled to spend much of their lives as soldiers in the service of their country, and this is a life often fatal to the growth of all manly qualities. Every third man you meet within the streets of Port au Prince is a soldier. >>>>> [This is the legacy of Dessalines: Militarism and Gunpowder. Gangs in Port-au-Prince, 2024 AD: sounds familiar?] Yet, there she is, torn and rent by revolutions, by clamorous factions and anarchies; floundering her life away from year in a labyrinth of social misery. Every little while we find her convulsed by civil war, engaged in the terrible work of death; frantically shedding her own blood and driving her best mental material into hopeless exile. The explanation is this: Haiti is a country of revolutions. They break forth without warning and without excuse. Under such a condition of things a tranquil mind is impossible. There is ever a chronic, feverish looking forward to possible disasters. Incendiary fires; fires set on foot as a proof of dissatisfaction with the government; fires for personal revenge, and fires to promote revolution are of startling frequency. Manifestly, this revolutionary spirit of Haiti is her curse, her crime, her greatest calamity and the explanation of the limited condition of her civilization. Certain it is that while this evil spirit shall prevail, Haiti cannot rise very high in the scale of civilization. While this shall prevail, she will resemble the man cutting himself among the tombs. While this shall prevail, her rich and fruitful soil will bring forth briers, thorns and noxious weeds. While this evil spirit shall prevail, her great natural wealth will be wasted and her splendid possibilities will be blasted. >>>>> [Signs of a low trust society. This is 1893: there was no foreign campaign against Haiti. The Haiti revolutions were against and amongst Haitian factions.] The common people of Haiti are peaceful enough. They have no taste for revolutions. >>>>> [Incorrect. If the common people were peaceful, when given guns they would have dropped said guns. Sorrowfully, the common people love the adrenaline rush brought by violence, blood, and gore. Douglass was such an innocent.]

Dan Foote is a clueless diplomat. Why Haiti began and remains poor (pt 4 of 11). Response to some Marxist objections. (1) In 1804 there were embargoes against Haiti by France, England, USA. However these embargoes were quite porous since private merchants (English, French, American, Spanish) were still doing commerce with Haiti. In 1807 English abolished Transatlantic slave trade and in 1808 England ended the Haiti embargo; by 1814 more than 80% of Haitian trade was with England. Besides in the 1800's England and Spain were at war with France so little military naval effort was focused on Haiti. Haiti had no military navy, no merchant marine so Haiti had no capability to pursue merchant trade, no capability to project military naval power on its own. Haiti was at the mercy of others for maritime trade. Even before England ended officially the embargo (1808) England was supplying Haiti with cannons and other artillery equipment. England was at war with France and "the enemy of my enemy is my friend" jazz. (2) Many nations, when newly established, were not given a "welcome basket" by the community of Nations. The birth of the USA was greeted with war with England. The birth of Israel was greeted with war with Arab nations. The USA recognized the USSR in 1933 and the USSR was established in 1917. And yet there was USA-USSR trade before 1933. The USA recognized the People's Republic of China in 1979 and the PRC was established in 1949. And yet there was USA-PRC trade before 1979. These trades occur despite ideological differences. These trades occur because the USSR and the PRC had goods/services to offer to the community of Nations. By 1804 Haiti utterly wrecked its economic infrastructure and had little to offer to trade with the community of Nations. (3) The American Occupation of 1915-1934 did not impoverish Haiti. On the contrary, the Americans built up Haiti's degraded infrastructure: 180 bridges were built; the Péligre Dam (source of up to 1/2 of the nation's electric power) was started; Port-au-Prince was the first city in Caribbean/Latin America to have an automatic dialing phone system; General Hospital of Port-au-Prince was built; 10 more hospitals built outside of Port-au-Prince; 1000 miles of roads were built; the first Agricultural College was established in Damiens; Jacmel was the first town in the Caribbean to be electrified; US Navy built some 150 rural clinics; lighthouses were built; harbors were dredged; etc.. But, but, but the corvées!!! Americans used FORCED LABOR to build the roads!!! Nope. The corvée laws were on the books by the Haitian government since 1804. Since many communities cannot pay taxes by money, they pay said taxes by maintaining the roads near their localities. The corvée laws were derived from Ancient Roman Law. The communities were not paying their taxes with the consequence being that the roads were badly degraded. The American were simply applying Haitian Law; the tax delinquent communities needed to pay up with labor. Nobody enjoys paying taxes in any shape or form. It is cruel and inhumane to make tax delinquents to pay taxes (the horror!!!). Yet, from 1915-1934, Haiti was still a low-export economy. There were a few American companies present such as United Fruit but their operations were small compared to their operations in Central America. 3 main reasons: (a) Legal restrictions on foreigners owning land in Haiti (b) most cultivated land was owned by small farmers (c) the small farmers did not work with American companies. In Central America most cultivated land was owned by a few oligarchs and said oligarchs worked with the American companies. Yet, from 1915-1934, Haiti's per capita exports compared to the rest of the Caribbean more than doubled from 8% (1915) to 18% (1934); said ratio is 60% (1820), 5% (2005). (4) Conflict of visions between the populace (ex-slaves) and the Haitian elite (White, Mixed, Black). The ex-slaves wanted nothing more than a piece of land and cultivate it for their basic needs. Essentially the ex-slaves wanted a Subsistence Economy, a Survival Economy. Nation building was not on the mind of the ex-slaves. Nation building was on the minds of the elite who knew fully well that Haiti cannot be totally self-sufficient and thus needed to rebuild the economy to produce goods/services to trade with other Nations. The elite wanted to rebuild the plantation system and the ex-slaves wanted none of that!!! Henri Christophe (Black) was able to impose the plantation system in the North but at the cost of raising anger of the peasant (ex-slave) class. The peasant anger became so great that Henri Christophe committed suicide in 1820. Ironically, Northern Haiti under Christophe (Black) became wealthier (relatively) than Southern Haiti under Pétion (Mulatto) who pushed for Land Redistribution, not Plantation system. (5) Marxists sweep under the rug the occupation of the Dominican Republic by Haiti. Why? Because it does not fit the narrative of Haiti being a victimized innocent. Haiti occupied the Dominican Republic from 1821 to 1844. Haitian president Boyer confiscated all church property, all lands owned by Whites, and deported all foreign clergy. Oh, but that was the second invasion by Haiti; in 1805, the Haitian Army invaded the Dominican Republic, reached Santo Domingo, and made a fast retreat using the destroy and burn tactics much favored by J.J Dessalines. On the way 500 were decapitated in Moca, another 400 decapitated in Santiago (Dessalines loves the "coupé têt"). Why the retreat? There were reports that a French flotilla was coming towards Port-au-Prince. Even after 1844 the Haitians did not give up; for the next 12 years there were several minor military excursions into the Dominican Republic. Militarism, combined with Subsistence Economy, deepens Poverty. But, but, but Haiti did not invade the DR, Haiti occupied the DR by INVITATION!!! Yep. In 1915 the USA occupied Haiti by INVITATION. In 1938 Germany occupied Austria by INVITATION. In 2014 Russia occupied Crimea by INVITATION. Independence Day in the DR celebrates independence from Haiti, not from Spain. (6) Reparations to France: the Marxists' favorite bugaboo. Were the reparations the fundamental cause of Haiti's poverty? Answer: NO. Haiti was already entrenched in Poverty by 1826 when France demanded reparations. Mind you, the 1826 reparation demand was the THIRD request; the previous 2 were made to Christophe (refused), to Pétion (refused). The third time was the charm for France. Haiti's 1821 invasion of the Dominican Republic (DR) was a strategic error. Military adventurism and a moribund economy made for a very bad mix. France was not stupid. After 5 yrs of Haiti being stuck in the DR quagmire, France popped up (again!) and made the reparations demand. Haiti cannot fight both the French and the Dominicans. Haiti decided to pay reparations. France asked only for 1 year's worth of colonial output. In 1820, Haiti's output was only 1/20 of colonial output; that it took Haiti more than 100 years to pay the reparations is no surprise. From 1826-1844 Haiti plundered the DR of its wealth to pay as much as it can for the reparations. (7) Often politically driven programs do not bring Economic or Societal Progress. What feels good usually does no good. Embracing victimhood (politically popular as of 2024 AD) brings no kind of prosperity. Become a victim and win a prize!!! Victims of the World, Unite!!!

Dan Foote is a clueless diplomat. Why Haiti began and remains poor (pt 3 of 11). (E) Subsistence Economy. The old and recent historical data show that exports are a small part of Haiti's economy. Settling for a Subsistence Economy, a Survival Economy is OK. There are tribes living the Stone Age style deep in the Amazon forest and in the jungles of the Congo and Papua New Guinea for thousands of years. Subsistence Economy can be done. However the Planet is populated with Predatory Nations. Fortunately for the Stone Age inhabitants of the Amazon, Central Africa and Papua New Guinea, they have the military protection of the sovereign countries in which they live. The Amish lives in a somewhat Subsistence Economy and there is no Amish Nation: the Amish community is part of the USA and is thus protected by the USA. Trying to maintain proper military power with a Subsistence Economy cannot be sustained for long. Up to 1840, the Haitian military consumed 50% of the government budget, then the consumption went down to 25% by 1860. (F) The low trust character of Haitian society. The Haitian and French revolutions have a few things in common: they are both based on J.E.A.R. = Jealousy, Envy, Anger, Resentment. JEAR is the blood of Socialism and Communism. The concern for "equality" is the launchpad for JEAR. Words "equal(ity)", "democracy" appears _________________________________Equal(ity)____Democracy US Declaration of Independence_____1_____________0 US Constitution____________________0_____________0 French Constitution 1793___________3_____________1 French Constitution 1958__________10_____________4 Haiti Constitution 1805___________3_____________0 Haiti Constitution 1987___________7_____________4 All the freed slaves in Haiti were given a plot of land and then the fun began. The Ancients had it correct: give 3 people equal amount of money at sunrise and they will become unequal before sunset. Dessalines was on his way to deal with some land speculators when he was assassinated. The point is: large-scale farms are much more efficient than small-scale farms and cooperative farms in Haiti were difficult to establish and these rare cooperatives did not last long. Thus time after time, Haiti falls back to a Subsistence Economy. Are there today (2024 AD) large landowners (you know, them evil, nasty, greedy oligarchs!)? Yes. However, in 1950, 80% of the Artibonite Valley (where rice is grown) was still in the hands of the small farmers. The national economic dynamics is still dominated by small-land farmers. The Amish, again. Amish companies are usually no more than 5 employees. Yet said small companies frequently combine together for large tasks. The trust aspect of Amish culture is rare in Haitian society. Mind you, Amish runs a mainly Subsistence Economy, not an Industrial Economy. If Haiti were Amish country, Haiti would be in much better shape. Mind you, the Amish are not warmongers and they would not invade the Dominican Republic. >>>>> Summary: Saint Domingue was a super producer of sugar in the late 1700's because of large-scale farming. Then came Independence of 1804. Land Reform: everyone gets equal share of the Land. Consequence of Land Reform: small-scale farming which brings about at best a Subsistence Economy, a Survival Economy. Haiti thus lost the status of Sugar Super-Producer and started on the Road to Poverty. Constant political turmoil is characteristic of a low-trust society. The low trust nature of Haitian culture makes difficult the establishment of cooperative farming needed for economic growth. Some may say that Haiti is not poor, that Haiti is impoverished. Poor. Impoverished. The Merriam-Webster dictionary used as an example phrase: "a country may become impoverished after a devastating war". Yes, Saint Domingue was rich. Then Saint Domingue became impoverished after a devastating war. The impoverished Saint Domingue became Haïti. Haïti started poor and has remained poor for the next 200+ years. Since 1804 Haiti had a low-export economy, namely a Subsidence Economy, a Survival Economy. Low-Export = Poverty. High-Export = Prosperity. The Low-Export Economy was and is the wish of the peasant (ex-slave) class. Democracy at play: the majority class (the peasant/ex-slave) prevailed over the minority class (the elite bourgeois) on economic matters. The elite (the bourgeoisie) wanted, wished a High-Export economy but such an economy cannot be accomplished without the labor and consent of the worker/peasant (ex-slave) class. In Haiti, a Marxist Economy was achieved long before the foundation of Marxism was put on paper.

Dan Foote is a clueless diplomat. Why Haiti began and remains poor (pt 2 of 11). Marxists keep harping that Haiti was France's richest colony!!! Haiti, under the French, did produce 1/2 of the world sugar output. Wow!!! Them slaves were super-producers!!! Kick the French out and Haiti will remain super-producer and the sugar riches go to the former slaves (aka haitians)!!! Right? Well... No. The following shows coffee and sugar exports in 1785 (colonial times), 1800 (war of Independence), 1820 (16 yrs after the 1804 liberation): Exports from Haiti (Million lbs) Year__________________1785____1800_____1820 Sugar (Muscovado)______95______20________5 Sugar (Clayed)___________50_______0________0 Coffee__________________80______40_______25 Sugar exports fell from 145 Million lbs to 5 Million lbs, a 96% drop. What happened to Haiti, the sugar super-producer? When Haiti dropped out of the sugar game, Cuba took over the sugar commerce in a very big way. Haiti's fall from sugar had little long-term impact on the sugar market. France's economic might did not suffer much from the loss of Saint Domingue. But, but, but Napoléon had to sell the Louisiana Territories to the USA because the war in Haiti was so costly!!! Yes and No. Yes the war in Haiti was costly but so were the wars Napoleon was waging in Europe. Sorry, Marxist revisionists: even if France retained Haiti, the Louisiana Territories would still be sold to the USA. Why did Haiti go down the poverty road? 6 main reasons. (A) Sugar mills and supporting infrastructure were destroyed by J.J. Dessalines and his associates. Dessalines was very big on "coupé têt" and "brulé cay". Enough said. (B) The Haitian people were not ready for nation building. USA and Haiti. For the USA, first was Declaration of Independence, second was War. For Haiti, first was War, second was Declaration of Independence. BIG DIFFERENCE. Years before 1776, the founders of the USA debated, argued, counter-argued about the requirements, attributes, qualities needed for nationhood, thus slowly forming a proper mindset and proper temperament of the american people for eventual nationhood. In the case of Haiti, there was first Rebellion, visceral Anger, most Righteous Anger, blood-churning lust for Revenge against the French colonists. War was engaged and won by the Haitian slaves. A war engaged without aforethought, without afterthought akin to a fight initiated by a hot-headed person driven by righteous anger. The war won, what now? Declaration of Independence of 1804 was the only valid alternative because re-inviting French rule defeats the purpose of the war. The key point is: in 1804 the Haitian people was not prepared for effective nation building. (C) Voodoo. Take a couple steps back and look at North America versus South America. South America had a 100 year head start over North America in the colonization game. It did not take long before North America surpassed South America in economic and military power. How come? Answer: the culture of South America is based on Catholicism which emphasizes on obedience to the hierarchy and the culture of North America is based on Protestantism which emphasizes the work ethic and salvation through good works. Anglophone ex-colonies did better than ex-colonies of France, Spain, Portugal. Voodoo played a prominent role in the Haitian Revolution and haitian culture; Voodoo has much more in common with Catholicism than with Protestantism. Catholicism is the religion of the elite. Voodoo is the religion of the masses. (D) Land Reform. More precisely Land Redistribution. Land Redistribution in the early 1800's were politically driven, not economically driven. In 1804, at least 90% of haitians were newly freed slaves and they ALL want a piece of land. It is very understandable. Land Redistribution was inevitable because otherwise there was to be another peasant (former slave) revolt. However the land reform brought about the collapse of the agriculture economy as compared to the colonial-era economy. Under White rule Zimbabwe (formerly Rhodesia) was the breadbasket of Africa. Under Black rule, with Land Reform, Zimbabwe becomes a Food Importer. Land Reform in itself does not improve a country's economy, it needs to be supplemented with something else like an Industrial Reform. Post WW2 Taiwan had Land Reform (before WW2 Taiwan was a colony of Japan) SUPPLEMENTED with Industrial Policy. Land Redistribution may solve a political problem but not the economic problem.

Dan Foote is a clueless diplomat. Why Haiti began and remains poor (pt 1 of 11). During its colonial days, Haiti’s slave plantations supplied over half of the world’s sugar. But after the slaves gained their freedom from the brutal regime and the country declared independence in 1804, sugar disappeared from the economy as small farms produced coffee, subsistence agriculture, and food for local markets. In 1950, when Haiti was at least producing some sugar, its exports were far behind comparable countries: sugar exports in Puerto Rico were 35 times higher, and in the Dominican Republic exports were 14 times higher. A common explanation for Haiti’s resistance to producing sugar is that Haitian culture rejected the industry because of the associated historical traumas. However Haitians went to the DR, Cuba, even Puerto Rico to harvest sugar cane so there was not much of a cultural stigma towards the sugar industry. A major contributor to Haiti’s failure to restore its sugar economy was historical property rights institutions that created significant transaction costs to starting large-scale farms. 3 post-Independence property rights institutions: (1) a large redistribution of the former French plantations; (2) inheritance patterns on peasant land that gave every family member a veto right to selling it; and (3) a constitutional ban on foreigners owning land in Haiti. But the property rights institutions in Haiti are important because they were not established by colonists; instead, they were created by a newly independent nation in reaction to colonists. These are post-colonial institutions. From 1900 to 1960, sugar accounted for 76 percent of Cuba’s export value, 51 percent of the Dominican Republic’s, 46 percent of Puerto Rico’s, and 26 percent of Jamaica’s. Sugar contributed only 5 percent to Haiti’s exports. Less than 10% of Haiti's sugar production was exported whereas for the other Caribbean countries about 90% was exported. Since 1987 (demise of HASCO) sugar in Haiti has been a cash crop raised by peasants rather than by large-scale plantations. Sugar Exported (Million lbs) ...............Haiti.......Dom.Rep.......P.Rico.......Jamaica.......Cuba 1900______1_______150________200_________2_______1,000 1910______1_______250________500_________3_______2,000 1920______2_______300________700________10_______5,000 1930______3_______550______1,000________50_______2,000 1940______4_______700______1,500_______200_______4,500 1950______5_______900______1,600_______400_______7,000 In 2014, on coffee: Country__________________Haiti______Dom.Rep.____Cuba______Jamaica Production (tonnes)______19,500_____13,500______9,000_____1,620 Export (tonnes)___________120______1,020________660_____1,320 Export/Production (%)_______0.6________7.6_________7.3_______81.5 Population (M)_____________10.4_______10.3_______11.3_______2.8 Area (1000 km^2)___________27.8_______48.7______110.9______11.0 In part 2 of this series, I show that while the sugar industry had a 96% collapse post 1804, coffee suffered only a 75% collapse. Pre-1804 Saint-Domingue also provided 50% of world supply of coffee. Post 1804, coffee was the only saving grace for the Haitian economy. Why? Because coffee requires less labor and maintenance than sugar. Because it was more difficult to destroy coffee estates (mountains) than it is to destroy sugar estates (plains). Since 1804 Haitian coffee production never reached more than 35% of colonial levels. Still by 1820 the Haiti export per capita was only 60% of the export per capita in the rest of the Caribbean (which were still colonized). In 2014 Haiti exported 0.6% of its coffee production while Jamaica exported 81.5% of its coffee production. The low-export nature of the Haitian economy is based on the 2 principles of the ex-slave farmers: zero risk and zero investment.

Unbelievable.😂😂

Is haiti a souvereign nation like the united states , ugrraine, israel or eusha? Please answer.if the answer is yes, why can't they construct a CANAL ON THEIR ON LAND.

Ayoye les autorités haitiennes sont méchants

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They eating the cats eating the dogs 😂😂

Heil trump

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Lord Trump!

Man of the people.

If trump doesnt contaminate all the food, then certainly peoples reactions to watching this farce will. Hard to keep your food down when watching trump .

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Israël à dépasser les normes

CHASSER LES USA LES FOUTEURS DE 💩💩💩💩💩 MONDIAL

⬛🟥VIVE LE REVEIL NATIONAL D'HAYTI_____VIVE FREN_____VIVE HAYTI DIASPORAS UNIS_ VIVE LA NATION HAYSIENNE ⬛🟥

PLUS JAMAIS. HAYTI NOUS DISONS NON NON NON NON NON NON NON NOUS NE SOMMES PAS D'ACCORE. _OU SONT LES REPRESENTANT HAYSIENS?______LE CONSEIL DE SECURITE L'ONU NE PEU SE PERMETTRE DE PRENDRE UNE TELLE DECISION SANS LA PRESENCE D' UNE DELEGATION OFFICIEL HAYSIENNE SUR PLACE. NOUS SOMMES EN 2024____2024____2024 IL EST GRAND TEMPS DE REVOIR LES PRATIQUES ET DE FAIRE CORRECTEMENT LES CHOSES DANS LE RESPECT MUTUEL. VIVE HAYTI_____VIVE HAYTI TOUS POUR LE VIVRE ENSEMBLE ____VIVE LA PAIX ___ABA L'INSECURITE____ABA L'INGERENCE ABA LA CORRUPTION

HAYTI VICTIME DIABOLISER⬛🟥 vous être entrain d'essayer de concrétiser votre propre projet personnel qui n'est rien de plus qu'une occupation militaire maquiller en aide pour la sécurité. VOUS AMUSEZ A METTRE MAINTENANT CHAQUE ANNEE DES SANCTIONS CONTRE HAYTI. CE N'EST PAS HONNETE, DANS LE SENS OU, C'EST LA POPULATION QUI EN PAYE LE PRIX FORT ET VOUS LE SAVEZ PARFAITEMENT. EST CE QUE C'EST COMME CUBA QUE VOUS VOULEZ NOUS MAINTENIR??? VOUS NOUS DETESTER A CE POINT? QU'EST CE QUI NOUS VAUX CES SANCTIONS, PUISQUE C'EST NOUS QUI SOMMES PERPETUELLEMENT VICTIME DE LA PROLIFERATIONS ET DEGATS DES ARMES A FEU QUI PROVIENNENT MAJORITAIREMENT DES USA PASSANT PAR ST DOMINGUE ET AUTRES.... POURQUOI VOUS VOUS PERMETTEZ DE NOUS SANCTONNER TANDIS VOS MEFAITS NE SONT PAS A NEGLIGER. NOUS CONSTATONS BIEN QUE VOUS VOUS MOQUER DES REPERCUTIONS NEGATIVES PORTER A L'ENCONTRE DES CITOYENS HAYSIENS CHEZ EUX

⬛🟥 HAYTI GRANDE NATION, SOUVERAINE, LIBRE, INDEPENDANT ⬛🟥 ⬛🟥JUSTICE POUR LE PRESIDENT JOVENEL MOÏSE............... JUSTICE POUR HAYTI⬛🟥 Nous citoyens Haysiens et Haysienne quand on écoute cette dame de l'United states, vraiment pas sérieuses ces personne, tout ce qu' elle dit est beau, ça a l'air bien, le problème est dans la réalité des faits, qui sont majoritairement contradictoire. QUESTION: 1- N'avez vous pas honte de répéter perpétuellement les mêmes erreurs ? 2 - quel sont les retombés positives qu'à bénéficier la population Haysienne lors des dernières missions ONUSIENNE ET AUTRES ? 3 - Les milliers de citoyens Haysiens qui ont victimes du CHOLERA laisser en cadeaux par la dernière MISSION ONUSIENNE,,,,,, Les avez vous dédommager? __ NON__ POURTANT VOUS PRETENDIEZ VINIR AIDER..SANS DONNER AUCUNE GARANTIE, MALGRER TOUT VOS ECHECS PRECEDANT 4 - vous dites venir pour nous aidé, dans ce cas expliquer nous pourquoi les militaires des la mission, en cas de blessure doivent quitter le territoire national pour aller bénéficiers de soins d'un autre état? C'est irrespectueux envers notre Nation. 5 - pourquoi n'aviez vous pas appuyer notre président JOVENEL MOÏSE, qui était totalement dévouer et faisait déjà de grandes réalisations dans le cadre du développement du pays.? 6 - Pourquoi n'aidez vous pas a réhabilité les hôpitaux, afin que la population puisse en bénéficier? NOUS NOUS PASSONS VOLONTIER DE CE GENRE D'AIDE, LAISSEZ NOUS TRANQUILLE CHEZ NOUS, NOUS SOMMES FATIGUER DE VOS MAGOULLES, MENSONGES, ABUS DE POUVOIR, MANIPULATION. ARRETER .... ARRETER....ARRETER DE PRENDRE DES DECISIONS NOUS CONCERNANT SANS NOTRE CONSENTEMENT. IL DROIT ETRE CLAIR POUR TOUS QUE LE CPT NE REPRESENTE PA L'ETAT HAYSIEN, C'EST UNE ORGANISATION QUI A POUR ROLE D'ORGANISER ET PREPARER LES ELECTIONS PRESIDENTIEL. LA POPULATION N'A ENCORE DONNER DE MANDAT A PERSONNE DEPUI JOVENEL MOÏSE, DE LA REPUBLIQUE D'HAYTI. Vous n'assumez pas vos responsabilités, VOUS NE RESPECTEZ PAS LA CHARTE DES NATION UNIS EN VIOLENT DELIBEREMENT LES DROITS CONSTITTUTIONNELS DE LA NATION HAYSIENNE. ASSASSINAT DE NOTRE PRESIDENT DE LA REPUBLIQUE, POUR NOUS RETROUVER SOUS OCCUPATION ETRANGERS.....C'EST QUOI CE BORDEL?___________METEZ VOUS A NOTRE PLACE UN INSTANT

L ONU. UNE ASSEMBLÉE PRO GUERRES. LA PALESTINE LE LIBAN LA SYRIE . ET ON DISTRIBUE DES MILLIARDS POUR QUE CA CONTINUE. LE PEUPLE AMERICAIN EST LOIN D ETRE CELUI DURANT LA GUERRE DU VIETNAM. TOUS LES JOURS DANS LA RUE POUR METTRE FIN A LA GUERRE. ILS ONT RÉUSSI.

I will repeat what I said God put everybody here on this earth and if your don’t like it, go live elsewhere stop complaining, and be miserable.

Yall give yourselves too much credit.

Vivre Jesus , aba synagóg Satan.

Nou pap dèpotè , nap rètè è nap rakontè grandè Bondyè , sèpa yon haza kifè nou la sè mèchanstè peyi yo , Bondyè ap Levè n è Restorè nou.

Min Nation saa yodi ki Nan vodou a wi, min sè Bondyè yap louè yap adorè yap bay gloire.

Sauve chèr Seigneur, bèni Notre chère Haiti, Victoire, Victoire Victoire o Nom de Jesus Christ.

Trump never said Haitians why are they crying

Thank God im Haitian La Salut Fumi 🙏🏿🫡🇭🇹

The other side not good for us either Both sides r our enemy Remember the last export Haiti has rice they blocked it Our problem is the Judah blood is what makes them treats us as so they r jealous All the people who complained said Haitians took their jobs One said look how much trash in the Haitians garbage where they getting money to buy so much food smfh

Pay it forward

Amen I’ll be your boss your descendants boss one day true Haitian

where is the same energy against the clintons

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❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤Good job 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤Vive Haiti 🇭🇹 Haiti 🇭🇹 aleloua iand God is good 👍 🙏 🙌 👏 👌

I'm haïtien I don't know what is going on 😭😭😭😭😭