Insight

Why the wheels fall off so many of our 'nation-building' exercizes:

As I pointed out in my review of "Hotel Rwanda," when George W. Bush says "democracy" he actually means, in effect, "Anglo-Saxonism:" in other words, rule of law, checks and balances, independent judiciary, a settled distribution of property, free speech, an open economy, habeas corpus, graciousness in defeat, the urge to compromise, gentlemanly treatment of women, etc.

But what people in oppressed countries hear when he says "democracy" is "majority rule," which is not the same thing.

Also from Steve Sailer's blog. You can find it here. It is one of the great delights of life when so much historical cause-and-effect can be summarized so neatly.