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Originally posted by Dreamer128:
Azred: how do you suggest they improve their quality of life? Obviously, the democratic process doesn't function in many such countries, as all major political parties are typically extremely corrupt. Also, I doubt the average oppressed-African has the acces to independent media or education needed to even realise there is an alternative to the corrupt dictatorships they have known all their life.
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It doesn't take education or access to the media to realize that life can be better than being brutalized by jack-booted thugs armed with machetes and AK-47s. [img]graemlins/beigesmilewinkgrin.gif[/img]
I never said "democracy", but that would be an improvement over what many of them have now.
The 1990s showed that it is possible to field an army of mercenaries capable of defeating a country's armed forces and that it could be done rather cost-effectively. That also lets you keep your hands clean. [img]graemlins/beigesmilewinkgrin.gif[/img]
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