Political evolution or political unrest?

[Henry C.K. Liu]

If elections are that important to you, you should stop manipulating them
worldwide through covert actions and assasinations.  MacArthur, the
self-proclaimed father of democracy for Japan, released jailed Japanese war
criminals to run with US fianacing against left candidates in the post-war
period.  We know all about American "democratic free elections" in Asia.

Henry C.K.  Liu

Brad De Long wrote:


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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...
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> Brad DeLong