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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group
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To: cnyndwllr who wrote (183729)3/19/2006 11:54:45 AM
From: epicure  Read Replies (1) of 281500
 
Don't forget, literacy in the US, at the time of our revolution, was amazingly high- because of the protestant belief that individuals needed to read the Bible themselves. Many historians believe that education is absolutely necessary for an effective transition to democracy- it's one thing that helps to explain the horrible period the French experienced following their revolution (since the literacy rates in Europe and the UK were much lower than the US rate). Iraq now has a very low literacy rate. Professionals have fled the country, and in the countryside I believe literacy now is below 50%. When you consider the (relatively) high literacy rate in the US, and the way the US voters are manipulated, I'm sure you can imagine that it is almost impossible (or perhaps absolutely impossible) for an ignorant electorate to hang on to their democracy, much less establish a new government based on democracy.
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