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> It's almost my definition of a failed state. 60 years ago, John Galbraith, the economist and Ambassador to India, called India a "functional anarchy". He mea
by 1024core 10y ago
> It's almost my definition of a failed state.
60 years ago, John Galbraith, the economist and Ambassador to India, called India a "functional anarchy". He meant that the country survived despite the government, and not because of it.
It has survived 60 years since Galbraith's keen observation. It will continue to do so.
- jaskerr 10y agoDo you have a source for that quote? I don't doubt it; I'd like to have a source to refer others to.
- 1024core 10y agoLots of references here: http://bfy.tw/8bhJ http://bfy.tw/8bhJ
- gnipgnip 10y agoThat's not surprising considering that India has always been de-centralized "anarchy"; which folk like Marx and his modern re-incarnations would dub "primitive".