But what countries and people have in common is that just as any person can become a self-made one, rising from the very bottom to the top, or completely lose everything they had, a country can also make a real 180° turn - for both better and worse. And this viral thread in the AskReddit community is dedicated to such examples.
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BlackbeardsPegleg , Fernando Hidalgo Marchione Report
brando1710 , Ulrika Report
Alaska-Now-PNW , Marc Veraart Report
In other words, the ’end of history’ in its traditional sense - with wars, spheres of influence, palace coups and ideological confrontations. It would be appropriate to insert some sarcastic meme here, but Fukuyama, to his credit, later emphasized once again that he was wrong. And recently he even said that he was too hasty in drawing conclusions.
Yes, the history of any country and state is a continuous chain of changes, for better or for worse. There are examples when, literally out of the blue, world hegemons rose up in a couple of decades, and prosperous, comfortable countries turned into something like Robert Rodriguez’ ‘Sin City’…
RATTLECORPSE , David Stanley Report
HHegert , Ulrika Report
empetrum , Chris Yunker Report
“It all ended as quickly as it began - new, more logistically convenient places for rubber production were found, and a significant part of the business in Manaus went bankrupt, and the era of prosperity lasted only a couple of decades,” Olga summarizes.
Calm-Internet6926 , Ulrika Report
ScumEater , Henri Sivonen Report
Autisticandballistic , Yukiko Matsuoka Report
umairone , Fabio Achilli Report
Corbeau99 , Patrick Nouhailler Report
junkdrawertales , Chris Yunker Report
Mr_Lumbergh , David Stanley Report
xbenicetoeachotherx , John Cooke Report
Unfair_Mushroom_4419 , Vaiz Ha Report
ContentMaudlin , Binary Koala Report
chladas , Herbert Frank Report
burzummor , Surreal Name Given Report
RATTLECORPSE , tomislav domes Report
Exotic-Ferret-3452 , Ian Muttoo Report
nostrademons , kangarooo1982 Report
Afireinside11 , Dylan Walters Report
SatynMalanaphy , Christopher John SSF Report
Jon-esq , VV Nincic Report
Gigaboa , April Sarol Report
Nogleaminglight , Stephen D. Strowes Report
SchoolForSedition , thinkrorbot Report
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