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Yes, National evolution has ups and downs true however the linear line is the average of the ups and downs.

Even with the overspread scatter plot that Haiti is you can still draw a linear line of the average ups and downs.

And that line has a big negative slope.

If we chose year 1804 to be year 0 or (x = 0) and year 2008 to be correspondingly year (x = 204), we realize that year 1960 or x = 156 will always have a greater negative value than year 1904 (x=100).

So to speak, Haiti's past years will always seem better that the contemporary ones.
What we need to find out is the original root cause of the decline and why the decline is continous over 200+ years.

What we should be interested in is not only what are the negative effects of non-educated Haitian rulers on Haiti but rather the causal conditions that allow those non-educated Haitians to accede to power and/or the presidency to begin with.
Without that information, well-minded Haitians may never be able to cure our beloved Haiti.

We all can see the effects of a disease but that disease can never be cured unless we discover the origin/root cause of it.
Disagreement is good because it forces all of us to take a second look at our own tenets.

Thanks

Rubens Titus, September 26 2008, 8:57 PM

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When Haiti was ruled by those from the more educated classes it was never in the condition that it is today. That does... read more >
Linda, 26-Sep-08 9:41 am
Linda, I would disagree with you. Think of Haiti as a straight line with a negative slope: the past years will always... read more >
Rubens Titus, 26-Sep-08 3:39 pm
Duvalier did not ruin Haiti. He had to have the tonton Macout to keep people in line. Education is key and 90% of... read more >
Sebastian, 26-Sep-08 5:49 pm
Rubens, you and I never agree on much. National evolution is never a linear line; it is always about ups and downs... read more >
Linda, 26-Sep-08 6:00 pm
Yes, National evolution has ups and downs true however the linear line is the average of the ups and downs. Even with... read more >
Rubens Titus, 26-Sep-08 8:57 pm

 

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