First of all I’m surprised so many people live and survive on those “sand bars”. I heard long ago, capitalist or global focused businessmen brought thousands of slaves there to grow sugar cane. Later on they stopped or moved the operation, and left all the slaves and their kids behind, to fend for themselves I guess. Then poverty causes communism I assume.
I heard a similar story about Central America. Huge population boom from plenty of work, then the work disappears, and its dog eat dog. Civil wars, gangs killings, migrate illegally to Texas etc. I read long ago a story about central America going back to 1910 levels populations.
Lately big global focus has been on China since 1979? Will China get abandoned? In my view the USA got abandoned after 1970, when we stopped backing US Dollars with Gold. Europe, China, and so many others are export countries, leaving the USA as an import country. And we have had growing poverty since 1970. But lots of prosperity before that.
I think its USA’s turn for prosperity after this “relearn” of global economic transition get finished.