If tomorrow the U.S. disappeared from the global stage, I’m sure this consensus would quickly break down.
Besides “Universal adult franchise is the best, and only just, system of government” and micro-states rapidly becoming explicit protectorates of militarily powerful countries, what other changes would you expect to see if that happened?
Obviously there would be far more poltiical diversity, some of it for the worse, some of it for the better.
Consider Haiti, which is a US protectorate. The US has repeatedly removed regimes it disapproved of, such as the Duvaliers, and repeated installed regimes it approves of, such as Aristide, with the result that who ever is in charge does what the aid NGOs tell them. Observe that under the Duvaliers, there was electric lighting and human feces were buried rather than running down the streets.
That’s a tough and fascinating question, but I’m afraid this isn’t the right venue to pursue it, especially since it’s mostly unrelated to the topic of the original post.
Besides “Universal adult franchise is the best, and only just, system of government” and micro-states rapidly becoming explicit protectorates of militarily powerful countries, what other changes would you expect to see if that happened?
Is that not enough?
Obviously there would be far more poltiical diversity, some of it for the worse, some of it for the better.
Consider Haiti, which is a US protectorate. The US has repeatedly removed regimes it disapproved of, such as the Duvaliers, and repeated installed regimes it approves of, such as Aristide, with the result that who ever is in charge does what the aid NGOs tell them. Observe that under the Duvaliers, there was electric lighting and human feces were buried rather than running down the streets.
That’s a tough and fascinating question, but I’m afraid this isn’t the right venue to pursue it, especially since it’s mostly unrelated to the topic of the original post.