by TristranandIsolde » Thu Sep 29, 2016 8:48 pm
alanclarke72 wrote:This pivot to China and Russia is a seriously troubling trend at this stage of Cambodia's development. What's done now can't be undone easily. I've said this before and was ripped apart for it, but I seriously think Cambodia is on a one way path to becoming a failed state, epitomised by a vast dependence on Aid contributed by political cronies on one hand, and the guilty west on the other, rampant corruption at every level of society, pitiful healthcare and education standards, no political process, a government utterly indifferent to the fates of its people, a failed and arbitrary judiciary and security forces, no infrastructure and - more importantly - no brake on its downward momentum.
When you look to China for aid on developing a judiciary you know you are fucking up big time as a country.
People tore you apart because you're an a-hole, not because you were wrong. You still are an a-hole, but the part of a failed state is right.
Whatever made you think Cambodia will ever be more than that? Impossible for the next 2 generations, at least, with their current leadership and culture.
They've been a failed state since **1975**! They couldn't feed their own population. They've been on life support ever since, and even still suckle.
They're bad, and it's deep on the culture. "Be a coward, appease to survive. Doing nothing is always better than doing something. Let the rich and powerful stomp all over you."
They've also got that intellectual genocide against them too.
[quote="alanclarke72"]This pivot to China and Russia is a seriously troubling trend at this stage of Cambodia's development. What's done now can't be undone easily. I've said this before and was ripped apart for it, but I seriously think Cambodia is on a one way path to becoming a failed state, epitomised by a vast dependence on Aid contributed by political cronies on one hand, and the guilty west on the other, rampant corruption at every level of society, pitiful healthcare and education standards, no political process, a government utterly indifferent to the fates of its people, a failed and arbitrary judiciary and security forces, no infrastructure and - more importantly - no brake on its downward momentum.
When you look to China for aid on developing a judiciary you know you are fucking up big time as a country.[/quote]
People tore you apart because you're an a-hole, not because you were wrong. You still are an a-hole, but the part of a failed state is right.
Whatever made you think Cambodia will ever be more than that? Impossible for the next 2 generations, at least, with their current leadership and culture.
They've been a failed state since **1975**! They couldn't feed their own population. They've been on life support ever since, and even still suckle.
They're bad, and it's deep on the culture. "Be a coward, appease to survive. Doing nothing is always better than doing something. Let the rich and powerful stomp all over you."
They've also got that intellectual genocide against them too.