I’ve spent a great deal of time travelling in the Third World from Guatemala to Laos to Malaysia to India to Cameroon to Niger to Afghanistan to Mali to Mexico.
Every place in the Third World has one thing in common. The dirt on the ground is red.
I have no idea why this is true. It is true.
I want to point it out to my readers in case one of you has an explanation.
Is it a cause or effect? Or something else? Does the red soil keep people from believing in progress, from working regular hours, from saving and improving? Could it be the other way around. Do people in poor countries fail to water the land, to fertilize it, to grow plants. Maybe they like the feel of the red dirt on their feet or like the color and texture.
I just raise the question.