> Self-rule is good, but it's been taken too far. So let's conquer "dysfunctional" places and install foreign rule. Oh, but let's call it representative democra

> Self-rule is good, but it's been taken too far. So let's conquer "dysfunctional" places and install foreign rule. Oh, but let's call it representative democracy. Wait, what? It's actually not that complicated. Yes, having representatives from a place in the government is a good thing. The lack of this representation is why the American colonies fell out with Britain, for instance. Self-rule has good things, but has been taken too far - yes, Zimbabwe's much worse now than it ever was when it was British Rhodesia. A functional local government might be superior to a functional foreign government. But a functional foreign government is far superior to local rule-by-madman. I don't see how anyone could prefer Mugabe to Cecil Rhodes. And yeah, dysfunctional. No need to put it in scare quotes - I think anyone sane can agree places like North Korea, Venezuela, Zimbabwe, and Burma have dysfunctional governments.