Political evolution or political unrest?

[Brad De Long]

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>Haiti and Mexico have lots of elections as well.  Heck, even Serbia had a
>couple. What's the point?
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Ah. Well, there *are* those of us who think that elections are important
because they are a less-than-completely-ineffective mechanism for producing
governments that derive their just powers from the consent of the
governed...

Brad DeLong