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Originally Posted by Scin  Compare the survival rate and technology level in the United States with the survival rate and technology level of any African nation and get back to me on that "highly advanced" issue.
Also, compare Saddam Hussein to George Bush Sr. and Bill Clinton. Are American leaders really that corrupt, relatively speaking? Hmm?
I'd absolutely LOVE to see how you consider anarchy a solution to any of these issues. |
Most African nations are relatively new. Last I heard, the United States wasn't doing too well eighty years down the road; most African nations aren't even that old. In addition, they've had to deal with heavy imperialist roots. Before imperialism, they were doing great.
Yeah, Bush/Clinton are that corrupt. Probably more so, because they have much more power than any other politician in the world.
Here's a nice quote
"Power is evil. Political power opposes Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Power’s very existence infringes the individual’s exercise of his right of self-ownership.
This article explains ways in which power comes to work its evil. One is that a ruler is never as careful with public money as with his own, which is true because the power to tax lowers the sovereign’s cost of making mistakes. The second is Lord Acton’s argument that power corrupts, which is true because power both induces a shift in the morality of the ruler and also lowers the cost of acting corruptly. The third explanation is that even when a powerful ruler tries to do what is good, he fails, because he has limited knowledge of the preferences and values of his subjects and less incentive to discover them than his subjects, even if he could."
What issues are you talking about?