Legend has it that some god created a certain land with plenty of riches and a unique weather so that abundance and prosperity would always be with their inhabitants.
"Wealth, harmony, and abundance shall always be with them. Their land of grace shall have no end!" he said (allegedly).
Then, came the devil, who aparently was the one in charge.
"I'll add some caudillo mentality to the mix; something that will eventually become the military; then I'll add some populist discourse. Give them 8 to 10 years (give or take) and they will turn paradise into hell," he must have said.
Every 8 to 10 years, legend has it, this land of grace would turn whatever good they had into spoils.
A devilish voice can be heard every now and then. Same sentence, just slightly modified to make room for more.
"Give them eight to ten years to get freedom from one empire only to be ensalved by another."
"Give them 8 to 10 years and they will turn the best constitution of the world" into a parapet.
Give them 8 to 10 years more and they will turn the land of shelter that welcomed people from all over the world and made them prosperous into a land that chewed up their children and spit them out by the millions.
"We'll increase [oil] production."
Give them 8 to 10 additionall years and they will squander all their natural resources and become beggars.
8 to 10 years more and their fertile land will produce nothing.
8 to 10 years more years and their children will eat from the trash.
8 to 10 years after that and they will export death, hunger, poverty and corruption.
8 to 10 years and they will turn the most solid currency on the planet into a volatile burden.
Legend has it that god accepted the devil's plan because he was creator of all things and the devil's plan was already his plan. He was very possitive about his creation and he was sure they would need all this punishment to come our renovated, cleansed, and purified.
Legend has it that devil has laughed out loud for centuries. He had seen god's cards and knew he was bluffing.
