They have a GDP/capita of 820$ BTW, poor even by African standards.
They don't have street view in smaller roads but inside the capital even what looked like low income neighbourhoods looked OK, not first world tier but definitely way better than I'd expect in a country in that income class.
Normal neighbourhoods looked pretty typical I guess.
And this is 50 km from the capital, on a highway admittedly but for a poor country the way they built green patches next to the road is pretty impressive.
Two lane highway but I guess they're a tiny country and don't need more, don't see much traffic in the street view pics either.
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Not a pothole in sight on that paved road. Already better than 90% of desi roads.
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We have nearly 3x their gdp/capita. Is it never going to get better bros?
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It's like doubling a janny's pay honestly
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You'd be surprised how much they are the only ones keeping things running in reality. We have some centrally administered areas, without local government, its incredible how much better institutions are run there.
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It's similar to how an alcoholic needs alcohol to survive. Yeah, if you took the bureaucracy away overnight lots of shit would fall apart. However, it's only because of longstanding bureaucracy that things are so bad to begin with. The entire socioeconomic structure has built up around the bureaucracy.
Edit: That's not to say that I think local governments should be removed completely. I was just using that scenario to illustrate my point.
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Nah local level politics is fricked. Illiterates, gangsters and nothing else. BJP can barely get enough qualified people for even its central leadership, state level ministers are often similar. The people vote their image. Unless there's some sort of meritocratic order(however stilted) in charge things will actually collapse South Africa style. Because fundamentally our politicians are similar. Only difference is central leadership has(usually) not been complete sellouts and occasional bright spots in states, allowing some states to cash in on liberalization.
As a very basic example, though it would aid my more chuddish instincts take law and order. Right now bureaucrats are responsible for it outside the cities, of course ultimately state capital is in charge but on the ground decisions(like ordering police to fire) are issued by bureaucrats. They're liable so if say a massacre takes place they'll be in serious trouble. Usually they care enough about their own skins to try their best to stop such riots. With politicians you'll often have radicals in power. Police might stay in barracks when trouble breaks out.
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To clarify, when I say "government", I mean both civil service and politicians. All I meant with the edit is that I wasn't advocating for libetarianism, i.e. no government/bureaucracy at all.
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BJP gives portfolios to bhangis that's why. There are enough qualified UCs.
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That's because Rwandans care about their country
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Did you think they lived in mud huts?
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Yes
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for your eyes only
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@kongbu lmao
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huh ok
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both seem to have strongman leaders
also check out both countries' press freedom index
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is democracy the root of all our troubles?
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Kill democracy. Behead democracy. Roundhouse kick a democracy into the concrete.
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that and journ*lists
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Trash take, Rwanda is the Prussia of Africa
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is that why it's called ethnic cleansing?
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This is a good video
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Reminder Rwanda's equivalent of Brahmins oppressed the subhuman subalternoids to build their country. Must do the needful.
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this you? 🤓
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Seething chamaroids must have anything and everything brahchads do Foid tier with constant demands for inclusion.
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Between this and krautistan im starting to wonder if a little bit of genocide is actually really good for your development.
Then again, balkans i guess...
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Haven't had a war for about 25 years which is pretty impressive for them
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Yeah but they didnt develop despite trying a little genocidin' here and there, either...
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Must be the money they got from the Bongs to house illegals:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rwanda_asylum_plan
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The "Stick 'Refugees' in a box thousands of miles away" plans never fail to amuse me
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Apparently it worked for Australia.
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Shit tons of American money
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It isn't just about the money, take this in Monrovia which is also another massive US aid recipient.
Admittedly its poorer but there you see what really makes poor countries even uglier than they have to be, apathy. Random wrecked vehicles just dumped by roadside. No amount of foreign aid can make these things function properly without good administration. Like look at the poor neighbourhood in Kigali, you can see a few plastic packets thrown in the depression, subhuman litterer behaviour like many other third worlders. But either its a low population % or they clean regularly instead of letting such sites become garbage dumps that are cleared maybe once a week.
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You gotta have people in charge who give a shit about keeping things clean and orderly, instead of just looting the government coffers.
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if you watched @BitwardenShill's video they banned plastic bags lmfao, like the dude said that on the plane to rwanda they said to remove plastic bags from your suitcases if not you'll get into trouble and shit
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Plastic wrappers on chips, plastic bottles etc are a bigger menace in my experience. Even on multi day hill trails you'll see them occasionally here.
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The building in the first pic seems to be inspired by the King's Palace in Nyanza, that was where the Mwami (Kang) used to hold court with his TVTSI Nobles
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Those names sound like the country got an owo-fy award lmao
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Chronic rDrama brain
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Paul Kagame is one of the GOATs. Probably the smartest African alive. Tutsis rock
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My sister's friend works for the state department and was there for two years. Basically after the 1992 Rwandan massacre, they had major social changes. You're not allowed to talk about the tribe you belong to. Their crime rate is minuscule (blew my mind, it is Africa) and the average age of the population is in the mid-30s. But still, malaria would keep me away.
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I have been there and it was surprisingly safe, as in able to walk around at night safe . Meanwhile the other African countries I have been to I essentially had to be locked in a compound the entire time. Here is Kigali
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They cleansed the (((impure)))
This is the proof ethno-statists need!
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