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To: DoughtyOne; Niteflyr

>>I’ll admit to not really understanding why more of those nations haven’t done better.

Lack of rule of law. Lack of respect for private property. Kleptocratic governments/elites.

There of course are many other factors, but those are the biggies, again and again and again.


97 posted on 09/02/2007 3:14:08 PM PDT by FreedomPoster (Guns themselves are fairly robust; their chief enemies are rust and politicians) (NRA)
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To: FreedomPoster
Lack of rule of law. Lack of respect for private property. Kleptocratic governments/elites.

Could be summed up by the psychiatric term "malignant narcissism"...

101 posted on 09/02/2007 3:16:46 PM PDT by Niteflyr ("If you’re drawing flak, you know you're over the target".)
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Thanks. You’re right.


108 posted on 09/02/2007 3:22:20 PM PDT by DoughtyOne ((Victory will never be achieved while defining Conservatism downward, and forsaking its heritage.))
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