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That's how it goes 9 times out of 10. I learned that from reading Why Nations Fail. It busted the whole myth of "progress" and replaced it with "change".
by james_s_tayler 8y ago
That's how it goes 9 times out of 10. I learned that from reading Why Nations Fail. It busted the whole myth of "progress" and replaced it with "change".
- barry-cotter 8y agoThat’s real optimism there, assuming it goes well 10% of the time.
- james_s_tayler 8y agoNot an assumption. Look at the world. Read history. Most times power structures are challenged the challenge isn't successful or it is overthrown and the same or worse power structures replace it. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_freedom_indices https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_freedom_indices Shockingly less blue than you might hope.
- barry-cotter 8y ago10% is still optimistic. The Russian, French and Haitian revolutions all worked out pretty horribly and the American Revolution killed a ton of people and destroyed an enormous amount of property to avoid the terrors of Canada.