Why is Eastern Europe so poor compared to Western Europe?
Why is Eastern Europe so poor compared to Western Europe?
Nolan Flores
Elijah Collins
>stupid westerner based opinion: it's because of communism
>honest unfiltered opinion: poverty was the reason communism arised
Zachary Gomez
Russian (commie) influence
Brandon Adams
Geography
Leo Butler
i think for serbia its political corruption
you wouldnt believe the corruption levels, its like some comedic parody movie where a dictator goes around stealing all the money from everyone
institutions are incredibly weak, probably due to low iq in the population
Christopher Jackson
you do know the history of Europe in just broad terms right? the failure of the Soviet regime placed in the states between 1945 and almost up to the new millennium? It takes time to build up the economy again. China might seem big, but it's an result of 40 years of hard work and a favourable position. If you don't have a favourable position, it's way harder.
Poland is (as much as i dislike them right now because of their government) getting really well these days. After a long time in the EU, it's getting from the point in the early days, that western countries hired them for undescirable jobs, to today where they have a decent enough pay in their own country, so fewer and fewer decide it is an attractive option.
then there's geography, political situations and so on and forth.
Bentley Smith
Doesn't eastern Europeans own their own homes? This map basically shows which countries that rent vs buy rather than liqued wealth.
Jayden Rivera
we need a switzerland here too
David Smith
east : lazy slavs
south : lazy browns
Only NW Europe is good
Jose Moore
And i just realized your map designates states based on wealth per adult. So, if house prices is low, nobody got wealth. that's way on that map, Sweden is worse of than Norway (A cabin in the mauntains cost more than a house in suburban swedish cities right now) And germany worse of than spain and UK