Dec 27th 2012, 18:42:15
Cerberus, I find it sort of ironic that having put so much emphasis into the fact that there has "NEVER been a successfull[sic] Black led nation", you're now getting anal about only talking about "modern" nations.
Fortunately, your attempt to back out of your idiotic position doesn't make it a whole lot harder to prove you wrong. Now, keeping in mind that "modern", "successful" and "black nation" are all terms whose meanings are debatable, let me give you a small sample of your ignorance.
The Bahamas, are a stable parliamentary democracy for 40 years, with a Net GDP only slightly lower than that of France, Britain or Japan (UN, 2011). The population is approximately 85% black, with a black Prime Minister. This is an open and shut case, an undeniably successful modern nation which is predominantly black and led by a black government.
Equitorial Guinea is another example, with an even higher Net GDP -- still near to, but slightly ahead of Britain, France and Japan. This is despite one of the most tragic histories of any nation in the world. Their accomplishments are almost entirely their own, and awfully impressive.
Seychelles, Trinidad and Barbados are all very similar stories to the Bahamas, though with net GDPs closer to Israel, Saudi Arabia and Russia respectively. Stable, democratic, strong economies. Hard to argue against their success.
I also find it hard to quantify South Africa, Nigeria or Egypt as anything but "successful nations"... at least, not without limiting the number of "successful nations" to about 20 -- the vast majority of which would be European. All three have problems, but nothing beyond those common in all but a handful of other countries.
You challenged me to name one, there's a half dozen. You can take issue with any individual one you like, you won't be able to dismiss them all. Even within your backed-down criteria, you're still flat out wrong.
-Fooglmog
Guy with no clue.
