Hm - I would argue that the CESSATION of colonialism is what messed up Africa. Colonial rulers took away vast resources from native Africans, but at least they maintained a general level of peace, order, and decent (if not luxurious) infrastructures and services.

Today wealthy countries are buying Africa's resources, but the money is going into the pockets of tinpot dictators who use it to oppress their own people. Color me crazy, but could it not be said that Africa (in an overall sense) was BETTER OFF under colonialsm despite the faults & failings of that method?

I'm not recommending a return to colonialism. I'm using this as an example to illustrate that the REAL problem has nothing to do with 'resource distribution'. Africa has the resources to generate everything it needs to both survive and prosper. The real problem is that people aren't allowed to be free and pursue life, liberty & happiness without a brutal dictator and his hired thugs killing them & taking thier stuff. The dictator isn't taking that stuff and giving it to developed nations. He's keeping it for himself to prop up his own power and greed. If there is a 'distribution problem' then the developed nations are like 5 steps removed from it.

I love watching these videos thinking about force distribution problems of dynamic objects using lazy voodoo physics.