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Why is Sri Lanka under-developed?

By Nalaka Gamage

A root cause analysis

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#1 – Underdog mentality

• Sri Lanka have been colonized for about 500 years, and majority of people still suffering from underdog mentalityo Some fear and blindly accept whatever imposed

on us by Europeanso Some others hate them

• Both are bad effect of prolonged colonization

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# 2 – Lack of critical thinking

• Symptomso Majority go after mythso Can easily be fooledo Ruled by the cunning clan

• Causes:o Sub continental heritageo Pronged colonizationo Poor education

• Ranked among the countries with lowest IQ• Politicians to businessmen & even so called

professionals (Having marginally higher IQ) cheat the majority

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# 3 – Poor in root-cause analysis

• Related to reason # 2• Majority only see the surface

symptoms & try to address those

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# 4 – Black & White thinking

• Mostly people see only two choices in everything

• Results in extremist thinkingo A die hard Marxist vs Capitalisto 100% free services vs market with absolutely

no controlo Highly religious vs using science to explain all

(Forgetting there is philosophy)

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# 5 - Jealousy & envy others

• Part of Indian sub continental culture• More eminent in village areas and among

females• Most of Sri Lankans pretend they help each

others, but secretly envy others happiness & success

• This is the main reason for not having much success for Sri Lankan’s in global business because people do not collaborate and enjoy each others success

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# 6 - Cunnings rule the country

• In Sri Lanka the political power is with the cunnings and not with the wise

• They always fool the low IQ nation and establish the power by hook or crook

• A very good indicator is Sri Lanka has one of the highest percentage of lawyers elect to legislature compared to economically developed nations like Singapore & China where mostly economists, managers & engineers are at the helm

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# 7 – Education • We have one of the most primitive

education structureo Still serves the outdated colonial requirementso Utterly based on false values and artificial in nature

• Go to schools (for ego) & study at tuition classes • The system is made to study for mere

passing examso More success can enter into closed professional tribes like

doctors and lawyerso Less success go after politicians begging for government jobso Some others have to migrate to countries with openness and

opportunities

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# 8 - Fear• The majority fear to challenge

what they see as wrong• They fear to change things that

are obviously wrong• Above all, Individuals fear to

change oneself

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# 9 - Laziness• One of the laziest nation in the

world• Do not much enjoy good result of

genuine effort• Partly because they artificially

act life than live

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# 10 – Ethnic & religion issues

• All ethnic and religion based political nonsenses result in petty issues

• Let religions be private matter and get it out of politics !!

• All form of ethnic-religion based politics, laws must be thrown out

• Organized spreading of ethnicity must be fully controlled

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# 11 – People are artificial

• Majority act life rather than lives !!• examples:

o Police is the most corrupt (We all know almost 90% traffic officers take bribes in the roads in open), yet when there is injustice citizens have to go to them

o Most principles take bribes (a fact), and they preach to students almost every morning

o Politicians – You know how the shameless majority acted before the election and do after the election

o Students go to schools for ego, and go tuition classes to study (Sometimes the same teacher teaches in the tuition)

• A country can be develop, but not a set of actors fooling each others.

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Thank You !Presented by Nalaka Gamage

Open for discussion…

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