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It's not ineptness. It never was, never is and never has been. It's deliberate. This is a textbook example of how power has been weilded throughout history. You
by i_made_a_booboo 8y ago
It's not ineptness. It never was, never is and never has been. It's deliberate. This is a textbook example of how power has been weilded throughout history. Your angry because you assume the goal should be to make everyones lives better. Maduro's goal is to make his life better and
to keep the ability to do so for as long as he can. To that end his policies have been effective. The consequences have been horrific for the people, but he doesn't give a fuck. He's only in it for himself.
Why Nations Fail was such a good damn document of history and the nature of human behavior.
- mtgx 8y agoYour comment reminds me of Rules for Rulers by CGP Grey. Great video and relevant to this discussion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rStL7niR7gs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rStL7niR7gs
- i_made_a_booboo 8y agoIf you like that video Why Nations Fail is basically 100x deeper explanation through examples of the last 12,000 years of history.
- coryfklein 8y agoAre you referring to: * James Robinson's 18m TED Talk [1] * Daron Acemoglu's 90m lecture [2] * Daron and James's 550 page book [3] [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsZDlBU36n0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsZDlBU36n0 [2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRAkz13cpsk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRAkz13cpsk [3] https://smile.amazon.com/Why-Nations-Fail-Origins-Prosperity-ebook/dp/B0058Z4NR8/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1532452011&sr=8-1&keywords=why+nations+fail+daron https://smile.amazon.com/Why-Nations-Fail-Origins-Prosperity...
- Bromskloss 8y ago> To that end his policies have been effective. How?