re: #174 marjoriemoon

I have my doubts. Seriously. I don’t think these regimes are ready for democracy or have a clue how it works. And that could take 100s of years.

The only promise for me was when some Libyan rebels asked a Libyan Jew in the UK to run for the new government if it should emerge as a free democracy. Now THAT is something.

I didn’t say it was going to be pretty, and I did say “at least the rest of the century”. Have patience, even though times get bad in general people muddle towards the good, even if they are in the worst places. Look at how much China has changed since Tienanmen as one for instance, and at Bangladesh as another. Patience grasshopper.