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Maybe democracy is a luxury belief of rich countries, or at least of states that have gone through all the steps of state-building and there is substantial rule
by cblconfederate 5y ago
Maybe democracy is a luxury belief of rich countries, or at least of states that have gone through all the steps of state-building and there is substantial rule of law. One of the most stupid things in the history of this century was the belief that arbitrarily "imposing" democracy in countries that have never finished their state-building was possible (e.g. arab and middle east countries).
And after 30 years of post-communism there are too few successes to call the end of history a success.
- qayxc 5y agoThat's due to factors unrelated to the political system, though. Some recent examples (Iran, Afghanistan) are completely self-made catastrophes, i.e. countries that were democratic, modern, and free and lost that due to foreign (or, let's face it: US-)intervention in the first place. Same with post-communism. The factors at play here cannot be reduced to "imposing democracy" onto countries. Do you have any idea what 40 years of communism and being an artificial puppet state to a country and its economy? And it's not as if this was after two devastating wars either. If you take a closer look at Europe you'll soon find out that it's a tad more complex than just the political system. From ethnic tensions to border disputes to geographic complexities there's so much more to it than just whether people are free to vote or not.
- cblconfederate 5y ago> i.e. countries that were democratic, modern, and free and lost that due to foreign their state formation was severely lacking. Just because they had elections doesn't mean they were substantial democracies.