&gt; I wanted to be a hero and fix India&#x27;s problems but then I took the easy way out and moved to a developed country.<p>Not so easy way :-)<p>The video says that 20% of the wealth is cultural. I guess it&#x27;s more. Western countries are probably so successful because they inherited the greek and roman culture.<p>Some countries in Asia (like Japan) switched from feudalism to capitalism in few decades.<p>The difficulties of Africa could be explained by the lack of the writing (unless it&#x27;s a consequence). The society is more flat than vertical.