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To: jrhana who wrote (26141)	12/31/2003 12:05:06 AM
From: E. Charters	Respond to of 39344

The problem in Africa is that it is always ruled by one tribe. The Benzis tribe. Those who drive Mercedez Benzis. South America is dominated by one problem, that is hard to solve without socialismo patronago gratuito fakero. This is the Bolivar is your uncle problem A few guys run everything, for themselves. If "the people" ran it they would just give all the money and land away to idiots. If commie dictators don't run SA, it's right wing fanatics, or social democracy financial disasters. The best government in these situations would be one selected by lottery. That would be people who don't want to govern, but are forced to. If that process were not corrupted (and it would be just as they corrupt everything else) -- then it would be the best government. Representative democracies water everything down to co-opted populistic moronism as the ruling imperative. In the end the worst excesses are always realized. As the Greeks realized, Tyranny was the best form of government. Except in certain very important cases. The trick in democracies is to make the very bad (Quebec cultural protectionism) seem like a defensible ideal. Of course nobody thinks so who is not French, but if you say otherwise you get shouted down as a bigot. The same policy applied by the ruling group in the rest of Canada would inspire torchlight parades and suicide bombers from Rimouski. Populistic moronism. What is the alternative? EC<:-}