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Everyone talks about democracy, and how we have to get it to the countries of the middle east (like Iraq).. Who says they want it or need it?
These regions have a rich history spanning ten times the life of the "west" and America, and not with democracy. Who is to say that the common people will be served by democracy?
I remember pundits and journalists making snarky comments on the Loya Jirga, saying "thats not right, its not even an election" when this is a process that is time honored.
just a thought, but maybe we're going about this the wrong way...
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"Life is possible only with illusions. And so, the question for the science of mental health must become an absolutely new and revolutionary one, yet one that reflects the essence of the human condition: On what level of illusion does one live?"
-- Ernest Becker, The Denial of Death
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