re: #714 BryanS

You state my point exactly. Look at post-colonial British colonies. Some got up and running with local institutions more than others. When all the little people feel a sense of ownership in the system and have a degree of political knowledge, then the thing works. If you have ancient tribal hatreds, your people will vote to kill each other unless a dictator’s iron fist holds the factions at bay, like in Yugoslavia and Rwanda.