without attempting to criticize my two premises I used to support it.
a) I must be blind. Point out these two premises.
b) Now how about criticizing mine? Explain away countries in Asia that have gone from dirt to being technical powerhouses in under fourty years? Or how about countries that once were in Yugoslavia? Or those that were previously Iron Curtain? Or, shit, how about South Africa and Rhode^H^H^H^H^HZimbabwe? I can come up with more "questions" if you like.
You can snarl like a dog all you like, or you can answer the above.