The difference between rich and poor countries is not their age.
For example, Egypt has more than 3000 years of written history and is poor
But new countries like Canada, New Zealand, Australia, which did not have a significant situation 150 years ago, are now developed and rich countries.
The difference between rich and poor countries is not in the amount of natural resources that can be extracted.
Japan is a country that has a very limited land, 80% of which are mountains that are not suitable for agriculture and animal husbandry.
But it has the second most powerful economy in the world after the United States.
This country is like a vast and floating factory that imports raw materials from all over the world and exports them as advanced products.
The next example is Switzerland.
A country where cocoa is not used at all
But it produces and exports the best chocolates in the world.
In the small and cold land of Switzerland, where agriculture and animal husbandry can be done only in four months of the year, the best dairy products (cheese) in the world are produced.
Switzerland is a country that is known for security, order and hard work, and for this reason it is known as the safe of the world (Swiss banks).
Educated people from rich countries who interact with their counterparts in poor countries tell us that there is no significant difference in the level of intelligence and understanding.
Race and skin color are not important.
Because immigrants who are labeled as lazy in their own country, become productive and active forces in European countries.
So what is the difference????
The difference is in the behaviors that have been called culture and knowledge over the years.
When we analyze the behavior of people in developed and rich countries, we find that the majority of them follow the following principles in their lives:
1. Ethics as a basic principle
2. Unity
3. Accountability
4. Respect for the law and regulations
5. Respecting the rights of other citizens
6. Love for work
7. Enduring difficulties in order to invest in the future
8. The desire to provide superior and extraordinary work
9. Orderliness
10. Lying is the dirtiest inhuman act in the world
But in poor countries, only a few people follow these principles.
In our country, a person who works a lot is called a tractor
Someone who respects the rules is a positive child
Someone who respects ethics will get a pasteurized label
Those who violate other people’s rights and slanderous people are called smart people
Orderly and logical people are dry and boring people
People with politeness and manners are considered flatterers.
Young people who are very diligent and hard-working are called Kharkhan.
Everyone is looking for a hundred-year journey overnight.
and you say!!
We have to start from ourselves and from this moment
We Iranians are poor not because we don’t have natural resources or because nature has been cruel to us.
We are poor because our behavior has caused this
We lack the necessary effort to learn and observe the above principles (identified by developed countries).