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BBfanboy -> RE: crustton: "Many years ago, I once had a conversation with a prostitute in Chile" (9/4/2017 3:29:05 PM)
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ORIGINAL: Zorch
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ORIGINAL: crsutton
Yes, Americans have a bad habit of trying to interject democracy into other societies as the cure all for all of their ills. We fail to understand that the first priority of any society is stability. Without that, nothing else can happen-especially democracy.
True. Democracy is alien to many cultures around the world (unlike the world's oldest profession).
In many of the current hot-spots, the culture was formed in a harsh environment where the customs had to be rigidly enforced to ensure survival (lack of food, lack of water, little opportunity to travel). People are most comfortable in the culture they grew up in, so when a change threatens that culture, they feel under attack and will fight back, even when the change offers things we value like more freedom for women, travel, choice of religion or political leadership.
The only way I see this eroding is gradually introducing changes in ways that involve the local populace in the process. Education is the big one - let children see a glimpse of the rest of he world and they will want to see it for real when they are able to.
Above all, avoid invading and imposing changes.
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