Thursday, August 6, 2009
A Old Perspective from a New Source
Don't miss my post that I put up last night, but here is an fascinating Op Ed by Fouad Ajami concerning the state of the Arabic World. It reminds me in some ways of what I understand the Soviet Union was like near the end, except with leaders who use a religious hard-line to maintain order, instead of a loyalty to the state. It will be interesting to see which one of the two can last longer, although historically, religion has always survived longer than any state.
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Good article. I guess tyranny would work better if tyrants weren't so tyrannical. Regardless of what that guy once said, it is clear that in some places, you can fool most of the people most of the time. Incompetence and corruption in government persist only where they are tolerated by the people.
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