• @crackajack@reddthat.com
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    11 year ago

    Liberal democracy only works if people are A) well educated and informed and B) have a strong identity as a group. Societies need to be well informed on issues and work towards finding solutions that benefit all. Unfortunately, many countries lack either or both.

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            1 year ago

            Well I wish I could, but frankly there is heavy Western centrist to exalt democracy by someone who speaks from the comfort of their air-conditioned homes and with rule of law. Dictatorship and authoritarianism are not bad in and of itself bad. https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20150531-will-dictators-disappear

            And naively saying Iraq has become better despite hundreds of thousands dead and led to the sprung up of ISIS is… I don’t know, imperialist? White man’s burden? Easy to say that Iraq has been doing well when one doesn’t have to flee from conflict

            Democracy must be an organic thing not enforced. As the article said, humans are not predisposed to crave democracy if security is the greater priority.