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Today, our Social Science teacher, Sir Martin Perez raised a question that went something like, why don’t other countries progress/thrive as much/as well as others do?

(sorry sir, i forgot the real question. It’s not like i listen in class or something…)

Then he mentioned 7 reasons.

1. Geography
2. Geopolitcs
3. Cultural Barriers
4. Government Failure
5. Lack of Innovation
6. Deomgraphic Trap
7. Poverty Trap

He then mentioned an imaginary place. Gooby-gooby. Or Guby-guby, or Goobi-Goobi, or Gubi-Gubi. Or.. whatever. I’ll call it GG.

While talking about the 7, he showed examples through the imaginary land of GG.

1.) Geography.
GG is situated on top of a mountain peak. or plateau. It fogs there. Surrounding it are… um.. plains. This way, geography hinders the growth of…whatever, depending on where you are.

2.) Geopolitics.
The countries around GG hate GG because they’re all ugly and stupid. Geopolitics affects your current status with nations around you. Or something.

3.) Cultural Barriers
Everymorning, the citizens of GG go to sleep and jump out the window. They talk in a different language and stuff. Cultural Barriers mean the culture you have affects how you live or whatever.

4.) Government Failure
GG has elected a cow for their leader. They worship it everyday, asking for deliverance. But nothing comes. Except for milk. No need to explain, do I?

5.) Lack of innovation
An American dude brings in a computer. He shows it to them. They say, “Bleaisdufgasdjfbal!” Then they bring out a stone computer. Lack of innvation is how much “creation” you create and bring out.

6.) Demographic Trap
In GG, every family has about… 7 children. Most people have only 2. People in Africa have an average of 5. You understand now, do you?

7.) Poverty Trap.
Everyone in GG is poor. They can’t can’t climb the ladder because there is no ladder.

After all this was said, I began to think of a situation where it could have these things, yet it could progress. When sir asked the class, “What would progress easier? A seaside location or a mountain top?” Most chose sea side. I chose mountain top. And so i’ve been looking for a situation where it would fit…

And so I begin my search for a situation where in GG won’t go to hell. And here is what i’ve got so far.

GG won’t go to hell because first off, their isolated. Isolation, though usually bad, can protect you from mainstream ideas. It leads you to think in a totally different box, while the whole world is in a different box. Through this, you can develop at your own pace. And eventually, somehow, the idea of “industrialism” will enter the minds of the citizens of GG. And so will many other ideas that may never reach normal people outside GG because of whatever experiences they have that don’t occur in GG.

It would also protect them from Plague. And the Concept of “Murder” and “Theft”. And stuff like that. Gets ba?

And so what if nations hate each other? Hating other nations doesn’t mean you can’t trade with them. And if they hate you, then kill them. No prob. At least they’d leave you alone. For example, Nation A hates GG. Nation A gets into war with Nation B. Nation A will not survive war. GG will not be harmed. GG is neutral.

Cultural barrier. I hit a five minute road block here, until i decided that this road block doesn’t exist. At the beginning of time, other people think other people are weird. And it goes on till today. It’s not a barrier. It’s a perspective. It’s life.

Government Failure. There are situations where you do not need a government to progress. Did neolitheans need the permission of their leaders to discover fire? No.

Lack of innovation. This here was the real problem. How could a nation thrive without innovation? Well, if they have absolutely NO innovation at all, they could survive by copying other nations. But this contradicts with Cultural Barrier. IF they had culture, why is there a lack of innovation? or maybe it’s the lack of a heck of a lot of innovation. But whatever.

Demographic trap. The more kids that you can’t support, the worse. The worst case i can see in this is that the kids die. But then again… It teaches the kids something. Survival of the fittest. Only the leanest will survive. They must be smart immediately and quick, lest be overrun. This would very much complement the Geopolitical because they would not learn to survive like the rest of the world. They would learn to survive in a whole new totally different way. One that might surpass the ones they have in the rest of the world.

Poverty trap. Here’s the cake. They can’t climb the ladder because there is no ladder, it wasn’t put up for them. What do they do? Build a staircase. A ladder put up for the impoverished would not teach them to put up a ladder. And where they heck will they get a ladder?

Why a staircase? Simple. When building stairs, you start step by step. Not like the ladders you see in home shopping channels where *pak**snap* it’s all assembled. No. Stairs, you start with step one. Then step two. And no one can progress unless they build the next step. And when you have a staircase, everyone else can follow.

People are scared of heights.

And there. I can’t find a situation where a nation would thrive even with all 7, just because some of them contradict each other. Tell me your thoughts.

And compare this to the Philippines. We’re doing much better than GG, right? Yeah. But then GG doesn’t exist.

And sir martin, if by any chance you read this and say, “WTFH, I didn’t say this!!!” or something like that, it’s because i don’t listen in your class.. XD I think of other things. Like.. um… other things. XD