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Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Politics Quick Thought

Posted by on Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 7:57 PM

Iran, Honduras, Franken—symptoms of a crisis at the root of democracy in its national form? Then there is Kenya, Zimbabwe, the 2000 presidential election. Economic globalization is not possible without political globalization?

 

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What?
Posted by Watt on June 30, 2009 at 9:45 PM
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Mercantile globalization can't continue without labor globalization, which will basically either require or ultimately lead to political equilibrium, if not political globalization.
Posted by K on June 30, 2009 at 9:50 PM
Ziggity 3
Yup, it's exactly that.
Posted by Ziggity on July 1, 2009 at 8:31 AM
The Amazing Jim 4
I can call a cheeseburger a cup of tea, but it doesn't make it so. Democracy can be overthrown by force of arms just like anything else.
Posted by The Amazing Jim http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/profile.php?id=100000076496291&ref=profile on July 1, 2009 at 10:27 AM

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