Friday, December 27, 2002

John doubts that democracy is possible in Iraq. He emphasizes this factoid: most Iraqi marry their first cousins. The country is sharply fragmented into many clans with much hope that the different clans will achieve the sort of political consensuses that are necessary for democracy. I said that a lot of countries around the world are that way, and John replied that those other countries are not suitable for democracy either.

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