> This optimal system of social and political order emerged in the English-speaking world, based on property rights and the representation of property owners in

> This optimal system of social and political order emerged in the English-speaking world, based on property rights and the representation of property owners in elected legislatures. I'm not sure this is a fair statement. To me, referring to a system as optimal implies a sense of finality, as though we have a rigorous, tested proof that this socioeconomic system we've developed in the West is optimal and complete. Again, to me, this is an absurd notion.