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That sounds like a worthy approach. Any practical ideas on how to actually do it? One possibility would be to allow a section of a country to secede if 60% of
by marze 17y ago
That sounds like a worthy approach. Any practical ideas on how to actually do it?
One possibility would be to allow a section of a country to secede if 60% of the population votes to do so. That might eliminate a popular reason for war in some situations.
- whughes 17y agoNot great for the 10-20% minorities which are supported by the government of the whole country. They'd probably face oppression under a new regime, or themselves begin to rebel.
- netsp 17y agoHow would you define section of a country.
- roundsquare 17y ago>One possibility would be to allow a section of a country to secede if 60% of the population votes to do so. How would you find out? In failed states I would think the mechanisms to solicit opinion don't exist to begin with.
- asciilifeform 17y ago> Any practical ideas on how to actually do it? The (forbidden) answer has been staring everyone in the face for half a century: bring back colonialism. http://unqualified-reservations.blogspot.com/2009/08/from-cromer-to-romer-and-back-again.html http://unqualified-reservations.blogspot.com/2009/08/from-cr...
- taw 17y agoExcept for Hong Kong, what are the success stories of colonialism?