The fact that you think Haiti is a failed state and yet know as little as possible about how it got that way is an indictment on your country and its historical narrative.
The US was one of the countries most invested in ensuring the failure of the Haitian state from the very beginning—they still had slaves. They didn't want Haiti to become a beacon of hope.
The Haitians won over of the biggest underdog wars in modern history and were immediately pressured by the US and other White countries to pay reparations to the French.
Reparations. To their former masters. For the theft of their own bodies.
Haiti was immediately cut off economically at the knees. There is a long history of the US interfering with Haitian affairs ever since. When we say Black people can do anything, Haiti should be example number 1: because when we do amazing things, there's always White people who want to stop us.
Sam
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