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Originally posted by j8ear
I think it very possible that fostering cooperation between a repressive regime, enriching it and it's population, can result in a great democrativ civilization, IF you bring it beyond oil.
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Has that ever actually happened in the history of man? Since when have the people actually seriously benefitted from such an arrangement? These are top-down arrangements, always have been. The US would never allow a bottom-up arrangement, as they could never control it. Iraq would be the most pertinent example today.
You spout the effectiveness of real politik, but when has that ever created a democracy for the sake of creating a democracy?
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