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Originally Posted by tomder55

It doesn't have to be that way. They share the island of Hispaniola with the Dominican Republic which has the 2nd largest economy in the Caribbean .....tourist services being the lead economic activity . The difference ? The Dominicans are on their way to developing a stable representative democracy.

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I think you have an argument for very limited use of revolution in national development, but the real problem is that French legacy and that way of doing business. Once the government yields you have anarcy. What do you expect in a country formed from slaves? People of limited education and training, obviously poor government becomes endemic