To: Tailgunner Joe
In the lands of civilizations without organic tradition of democracy, democracy is possible only as a settler democracy (Australia, Canada, Israel, New Zealand, United States could serve as examples). Rhodesia example offers a good lesson on the limitations of settler democracy.
In rare cases, democracy could be introduced at gunpoint after fundamental sociopsychological collapse (Japan 1945), but this collapse of the pre-existing system is an absolutely necessary condition for that, I'd think.
74 posted on
09/20/2005 9:55:59 AM PDT by
GSlob
To: GSlob
Japan and Germany both had a parlimentary system before they were hijacked in the prewar years. Even Russia had a nascent parlimentary system that was equally hijacked (and then just plain outright killed).
82 posted on
09/20/2005 10:29:37 AM PDT by
jb6
(The Atheist/Pagan mind, a quandary wrapped in egoism and served with a side order of self importance)
To: GSlob
In rare cases, democracy could be introduced at gunpoint after fundamental sociopsychological collapse (Japan 1945), but this collapse of the pre-existing system is an absolutely necessary condition for that, I'd think.I agree. The defeated must be forced, by it being the least harmful choice, to abandon a lifetime of strongly held beliefs.
92 posted on
09/20/2005 12:41:13 PM PDT by
Mind-numbed Robot
(Not all that needs to be done needs to be done by the government.)
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