Hi,
I don't want to enter a philosophical discussion about whether democracy works for every type of culture, or if it can be "imposed upon" or "spread", but comparing the attempt to "spread" democracy with the attempt to "spread" communism is rather silly, don't you think? There are a lot of democracies in the world that work (as in, the majority of the population is quite happy with the system), but I cannot see the same for communism - that might be a stronger reason for the failing of the communist model than the way it was spread.
And while I was against the war in Iraq, and am against the way the situation is handled there at the moment (only based upon the news I receive via media of course, and unfortunately lacking a good proposal as how to do it otherwise), I find your comparison of the way some states have been forced into communism in the past with the way the coalition tries to "impose" democracy on Iraq quite ridiculous.
-Kylearan
Fragbait,Jan 21 2005, 12:23 PM Wrote:I wonder why the 'spreading' of the communist model throughout the world was rather unsuccessful. Perhaps because the word 'spread' should rather read 'impose'?
I don't want to enter a philosophical discussion about whether democracy works for every type of culture, or if it can be "imposed upon" or "spread", but comparing the attempt to "spread" democracy with the attempt to "spread" communism is rather silly, don't you think? There are a lot of democracies in the world that work (as in, the majority of the population is quite happy with the system), but I cannot see the same for communism - that might be a stronger reason for the failing of the communist model than the way it was spread.
And while I was against the war in Iraq, and am against the way the situation is handled there at the moment (only based upon the news I receive via media of course, and unfortunately lacking a good proposal as how to do it otherwise), I find your comparison of the way some states have been forced into communism in the past with the way the coalition tries to "impose" democracy on Iraq quite ridiculous.
-Kylearan
There are two kinds of fools. One says, "This is old, and therefore good." And one says, "This is new, and therefore better." - John Brunner, The Shockwave Rider