Erik Reuter wrote: > >> I guess you would like to see both Iraq and Saudi Arabia ruled by >> "Western Democracies". > >I don't care what flavor of democracy, but everyone should have >a right and a say in how they are governed. > >> Do you have any evidence that the iraqis and saudis would be better >> if you replace the current set of kings and dictators by the MBAed >> corporate rulers? > >Do you mean, like comparing the human rights record and standard of >living between people living in democratic countries and those living >in dictatorships? It seems obvious (which is another way of saying that >there is TONS of anecdotal evidence), and I have read some articles that >have some data on that, but I can't point them out to you now. Do you >really doubt it? > Yes.
>If so, why not do some research for articles that study >that sort of thing? > Research # 1: count the number of votes _against_ Capitalism in the Brazilian Presidential Election. You will see that about 2/3 of the _voters_ reject this model. Why would the iraqis and saudis think differently? Alberto Monteiro _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
