one question: what democracy really is? The article points out that singapore, malaysia and russia are not 'truly' democratic despite elections being done frequently and relatively free. But for example, UK is usually defined as one of the true democracies while it has royal family which has many privileges over the commoners..
On 7/9/07, sidqy suyitno <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Does capitalism lead to > democracy, and how? > > > By Patricia Cohen > > > Published: June > 13, 2007 > > > NEW YORK: > When President George W. Bush declared last week that political liberty is > the > natural byproduct of economic openness, his counterparts in Beijing > and Moscow were not the only ones > to object. Even once ardent supporters have backed away from the > century-old > theory that democracy and capitalism, like Paris Hilton and paparazzi, > need > each other to survive. > > =deleted=
