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  It was far worse post revolution.
context: Spirals towards? It’s a bit late for that with gangs controlling the streets and police afraid to challenge them. >
  
  Is there even a police force, when there is no state or government to pay their salaries? >
  
  Ah, you see they just avoid that salary sillyness by extorting people on the street for pay or by getting paid by gangs >
  
  So it sounds like they are just now another gang rather than being actual police. >
  
  Oh yeah no the “police” there are police in name only. >
  
  So what does that mean for Sting and The Police? >
  
  Sting n' the Gang! >
  
  Kool has left the chat >
  
  Another country hitting the dust with no functioning government.  I wonder how neighboring Dominican Republic is going to handle this situation. >
  
  Dominican here, there are currently approximately 10,000 soldier in our border right now. >
  
  I've been to the DR before, how the fuck is it so much more put together than Haiti? >
  
  This is a red herring. Hati has been a failed state since day one and it has nothing to do with debt from France and everything to do with the people of Haiti. 
  Let's not forget that the Haitians immediately killed all whites, natives and mulattos after their revolution. Then killed their own leaders, causing Haiti to devolve into civil war. Once that was resolved the first thing Haiti did was invade the Dominican Republic, and when they tried to commit genocide there, the Haitians were defeated.
  Haiti hasn't had a stable government in it's history. >
  
  So, basically, you are saying Haitians are their own worst enemy? >
  
  Always have been. Read the history of the island. It's fucking nightmare fuel. Especially that early history that defines a nation. 1800-1830ish. >
  
  Yes, especially pre revolution.