On Sun, 11 Jan 2004 23:10:54 +0500 uvj at vsnl.com writes:
> Carrol Cox wrote:
> > > Which isn't the worst among the alternatives, is it?
>
> > Sometime in the past year I believe I suggested that for most of
> the
> > world an authoritarian state _independent_ of the u.s. was
> probably the
> > best most peoples of asia, africa, & latin america could hope for.
> > Democratic states (that try to be) independent of the u.s. tend to
> turn
> > into excessively bloody authoritarian states friendly to the u.s.
>
> India has been an independent and democratic (in liberal sense)
> state for over 50 years. That in a country with 1 bn people, great
> cultural diversity and poverty on a vast scale.
However, it should be noted that during the cold war, India was an ally of the Soviet Union rather than the United States. Perhaps, that had something to do with India's success at remaining a liberal democracy during that time. Compare with long time US ally, Pakistan.
Jim F.
>
> Ulhas
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