Africa’s Solutions to America’s Future Problems

Great post from Brainsturbator:

On the face of things, the lack of infrastructure is a huge problem, right? I’m going to disagree. Here in the United States, our infrastructure is the problem. We have failed strategies and designs literally built into our environment on a national level. Our energy dependence on petroleum, for instance, has reduced the world’s richest nation to the brink of collapse.

Rather than moaning about the sheer cost of building Africa up “to our level,” it’s worth considering that “our level” is not an advancement, but a mistake. Africa has the opportunity to start with a clean slate and do things right…

If we “fix” Africa by remaking America, we’re making things worse. Africans do not need to “upgrade” to a culture where everyone has to compete for meaningless jobs in order to get food and shelter. True wealth is an abundance of resources, knowledge and time.