"The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary." ~ H.L. Mencken
The Political Economy of 'Exporting Democracy'
Submitted by Westernerd on Thu, 2016-01-28 04:00
The most significant constraint facing policymakers and occupiers is the fundamental knowledge problem of establishing the foundations of a free society where they do not already exist. Many agree on the general characteristics of a free society — protection of individual and property rights, freedom of speech, rule of law — but the knowledge of how to effectively design and impose those characteristics is lacking.
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