I myself find redstar's attitude rather interesting. After all, I could equally have said some short years ago "I have no evidence for national aspirations in Ukraine" etc. etc."
Or, one can easily say "I see no reason to believe that the people of Burma are unhappy with their present government, in the absence of a poll that talks to all the people in the country."
And yet, redstar claims to unabashedly believe in "progress." But only economic it seems, not in terms of people's lived political lives...
Burma did have a poll, and the Burmese people did speak overwhelmingly against the military regime currently occupying the couutry. That one is pretty clear.
But you are absolutely correct in your take on my view that economic progress and above all equality are far better guideposts to human rights and human gain than simply installing a liberal democracy which can be gamed by the wealthy to their advantage, a regime I lie under (for now) in Amerika. Fai de bèn a Bertrand, te lou rendra en cagant
I wouldn't want the pope running the EU. Fai de bèn a Bertrand, te lou rendra en cagant
