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> Those countries have terrible governments Why?

• fennecfoxen 6y ago
  As a root cause: government is hard and good government requires selfless service from highly capable people of virtue who have been inculcated with the appropriate values. Those out for their own self-aggrandizement are common, and better paid. Strongmen are easy to find, and even in democracies can enjoy great success in telling people what they want to hear. Good government is the anomaly.
  • rexpop 6y ago
    Why are people in the Global South less virtuous?
    • fennecfoxen 6y ago
      It's not a question of the virtue existing. It's a question of whether it's selected for by a tradition of governance which elevates those people to public office, and whether or not a nascent tradition is liable to be torn down by the local strongmen instead, as a threat. It is a question of institutions, who runs them, and how they perpetuate themselves.
      • rexpop 6y ago
        Where do pro-virtuous traditions come from, and why are they absent from the Global South?