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You know, 100 years ago, there was a saying "as rich as an Argentine", like we might say "as rich as a sheik" today. By any reasonable means, they should be enjoying wealth on a par with any First World country. Corruption killed it stone dead, and judging by their current government, the people never learn. We went to war to save them from Fascism (and, umm, to liberate our islands), they had a chance to start over with a clean slate, but that has been squandered now.



There's a popular saying: "nobody can understand why Japan is so rich, while Argentina is so poor"




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