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> That is one thing that is holding even India back. In democratic setup it is very difficult to take a long term view particularly when that comes with short t
by imnewtohn 6y ago
> That is one thing that is holding even India back. In democratic setup it is very difficult to take a long term view particularly when that comes with short term pain - the govt would be out in next election. Africa should learn both from countries like China, Singapore...
What do you mean, become autocratic/centralized/...or whatever other word you want to choose. That's a quick one way ticket to getting invaded and thrown out by the US government.
- monocasa 6y agoThe US doesn't care if you're autocratic; they've propped up and outright installed plenty of dictators.
- atlasunshrugged 6y agoYou're right, but it's an awfully useful pretense for America to invade you if you're not "democratic"
- monocasa 6y agoThat's just been completely orthogonal. Autocrats that toe the line get to stay in power; democracies that don't get military coups.
- uedue828e 6y agoYeah it's totally black and white like that.
- scarface74 6y agoBut, I thought that the destroying property and violence doesn’t bring about democratic changes? Or is that only when the US is tsk tsking about how other countries treats its citizens....
- HeadsUpHigh 6y ago>What do you mean, become autocratic/centralized/...or whatever other word you want to choose. That's a quick one way ticket to getting invaded and thrown out by the US government. The US government has no problems with autocratic governments, in fact they have propped many in the past. No, if you don't agree with them in economic terms they will invade. And there are plenty of excuses to go around, not that anyone cares anymore really. Iraq was supposed to have chemical weapons and everyone disliked Bush for that, but with Obama the US is at war in multiple countries with no visible excuse.