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To: bushrocks
...Singapore is still authoritarian, but S. Korea and Taiwan became democratic just a few years ago. Before then, they both had military dictatorships...

My point was that Republics are born in violence and grow in fits and starts. Those military dictatorships are a good example. I've been researching after my talks from other threads. I can't find a peaceful transition to democracy. I'm looking at Canada now.

...Localization and separatism surely are opposing forces to globalization, but I think in the end globalization will win out because ultimately capitalism can't be stopped...

Personally I think the globalization will stop short of one world government. It will most likely be regional governments with a unified world economic market. Nations will either be independent states within the regions or semi-autonomous territories within a state, like Nunavut in Canada.

83 posted on 04/22/2002 7:19:46 PM PDT by jadimov
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