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political and economic systems are less enmeshed than we are led to believe. The belief the democracy automagically transmutes into economic development is been
by hunglee2 4y ago
political and economic systems are less enmeshed than we are led to believe. The belief the democracy automagically transmutes into economic development is been disproved, in the same way that economic success transmuting into democracy has been disproved.
The Arabic people cited in this article have good reason to think they way they do - actual lived experienced of democracy failing to deliver the goods
- CrackerNews 4y agoI don't find it surprising that Iraq is the most skeptical given the kind of democracy that was forced upon them and how the resulting struggle for the dispossessed former ruling minority led to the rise of ISIS.
- hunglee2 4y agoyes of course, almost all Arab 'democracies' have been coerced upon the local population by imperial / neo imperial forces. I would imagine any imposed political system would be rejected on principle by any people who do not accept total subjugation, the oxymoronic demand that democracy advocates seem to be making
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