Is there a more JUST tier country than Paraguay?
>Leader inherits relatively prosperous country from dad
>Decides to needlessly declare war on all his neighbors
>Gets utterly BTFO
>>1161168
>prosperous
meme marxist historiography from the 60s, my friend. Paraguay was as shithole as any other South American shit hole of the time.
>>1161168
Germany.
>>1161181
It had no slaves and an emerging industry, railways and produced its own gun powder. Prosperous or not was on the right track and the war was a catastrophic setback.
>>1161181
>Paraguay was as shithole as any other South American shit hole of the time.
Kek. Argentina,Chile and Uruguay weren't shitholes,and some parts of Brazil were kind of developed
>>1161168
>Paraguay
>Prosperous
It was a North Korea tier dictatorship ever since it declared independence from Argentina.
There are no heroes or vilains in history (yes even Hitler, Stalin and Mao). History is not a movie, grow up! There is either shit happening to you or you causing shit to happen to others, or shit-happening capabilities reaching a momentary balance and relative peace emerging (and preparing for more shit), until shit happens again.
>>1162082
That's because it was preparing for war the entire time. Paraguay's army had been building up for decades and military spending was 25% of the GDP. You don't invest that much into a military with no intention to use it.
>>1162100
Whoa dude, we just wanted a little fun and to laugh at countries that make mistakes
it's fault of the eternal anglo
>>1161168
>mfw the guy responsible for that war is now the most beloved war hero in this shithole-country.
>>1162094
Are you retarded or something?
>Kek. Argentina,Chile and Uruguay weren't shitholes
Argentina was the apotheosis of a shithole. Literally Somalia. An intermittent civil war, with warlords and their private armies keeping the country eternally unstable.
Uruguay was a farmland. Always at the mercy of its two neighbors. It was not complete disaster, but nothing noteworthy.
There is no economic data of Chile in this period, which already implies something.
>and some parts of Brazil were kind of developed
Feel free to name any. It has achieved the feat of having a worse performance than Argentina - without being in civil war. Lacked infrastructure, industry, mobility, efficiency and skilled workers. It had a toxic atmosphere to the enterprise, a medieval mentality and a mercantilist economy.
>>1164169
>Argentina was literally Somalia
wew lad
Has Paraguay ever recovered from the War of the Triple Alliance or has it been permanently fucked?
>>1164179
It's recovered its population if that's what you mean
It's still the second poorest shithole in South America barring Bolivia
>>1161168
Yes Bolivia by a long shot. It has the rare distinction of having lost its acess to the sea and loosing a war against Paraguay
>>1161200
>bounce back from utter devastation three times (WWs, 30-Years-War)
>End up asserting dominance over mainland Europe during the aftermath of each of said disasters
>now one of the most prosperous nations in the World and the second most favorite migrant destination, even withiut accounting for refugees
Sounds more like a resounding success story
>>1164177
>buttblasted argie again
what's next? Because I'd compare OP's shitty thread (implying you're not OP) with the habbenings regarding to the Falklands War:
>Galtieri inherits relatively organized country from Videla
>Decides to needlessly declare war on his sea neighbor
>Gets utterly BTFO
>>1164574
not even him but the only one who seems buttblasted here is you
all he said was wew lad
>>1164169
>An intermittent civil war, with warlords and their private armies keeping the country eternally unstable
Sounds like an anarcho-capitalists' wet dream
>>1164516
>>1165812
Well, the Mises Institute loves Somalia.
Wasn't Paraguay always geographically destined to fail unless it somehow gained control of the Rio Parana?
>>1167707
It could have worked on trade alliances with argentinian mesopotamic provinces and Uruguay instead of going on imperial mode.
A shame really, they had a working national state with an ethnically homogeneous population and industry.
