Jim Hlavac
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What to do about failed states
Defining a failed state:
When a significant number of people are leaving, especially when the
journey is perilous, and the people are not waiting for the official paperwork,
that's just one bit of proof that the country has failed.
When the government repeatedly calls out troops, or has them stationed at
the ready, to restore "order" because of massive countrywide strikes and unrest;
When a leader posts too many of his portraits around the country. The
bigger the portrait the bigger the failure of the state. Before the portraits
approach building size it's time for change;
When persistent famine enfeebles the people, causing refugees and
squalid camps and bread lines and starvation and privation;
When these exist and yet the military is well fed and housed -- and huge,
then the country is failed;
When the leader gets more than 90% of the vote, or runs alone, or when
there is nothing more than the official slate of politicians from the same political
party;
When there is no free press, with the closing of newspapers and arresting
journalists;
When religious minorities are subjugated or destroyed or chased into hiding;
When the rulers decide to destroy the cultural and historical artifacts of the
past, both recent and ancient, and remake the country into one Glorification of
one people;
When the UN rights of man are ignored;
When that country is invading, or threatening to invade, neighbors;
When that country keeps people under house arrest for thought and words
alone;
When people disappear;
When people are in prison for writing, traveling, thinking;
When all the media are owned and controlled by the State or the Party;
When the relatives of the leader are in control of all the major industries;
When the judicial system summarily arrests, imprisons and executes people
for not conforming to the dictates of the ruler;
When the country refuses to take it's own currency in doing trade;
When the leadership of that country has bank accounts in
out-of-the-country banks;
When the currency has to be changed in name, and a few zeros lopped off,
every few years.
All of these are clear signs of failed states. Some or all of these apply to
nearly 75% of the world's nations. The world is basically a living hell for the vast
majority of people. It is abominable. You don't even need to have all these
conditions in place, merely one or two is a sign of continuing failure to ensure
the inalienable rights of man to live peaceably and prosperously.
Defining a failed state:
When a significant number of people are leaving, especially when the
journey is perilous, and the people are not waiting for the official paperwork,
that's just one bit of proof that the country has failed.
When the government repeatedly calls out troops, or has them stationed at
the ready, to restore "order" because of massive countrywide strikes and unrest;
When a leader posts too many of his portraits around the country. The
bigger the portrait the bigger the failure of the state. Before the portraits
approach building size it's time for change;
When persistent famine enfeebles the people, causing refugees and
squalid camps and bread lines and starvation and privation;
When these exist and yet the military is well fed and housed -- and huge,
then the country is failed;
When the leader gets more than 90% of the vote, or runs alone, or when
there is nothing more than the official slate of politicians from the same political
party;
When there is no free press, with the closing of newspapers and arresting
journalists;
When religious minorities are subjugated or destroyed or chased into hiding;
When the rulers decide to destroy the cultural and historical artifacts of the
past, both recent and ancient, and remake the country into one Glorification of
one people;
When the UN rights of man are ignored;
When that country is invading, or threatening to invade, neighbors;
When that country keeps people under house arrest for thought and words
alone;
When people disappear;
When people are in prison for writing, traveling, thinking;
When all the media are owned and controlled by the State or the Party;
When the relatives of the leader are in control of all the major industries;
When the judicial system summarily arrests, imprisons and executes people
for not conforming to the dictates of the ruler;
When the country refuses to take it's own currency in doing trade;
When the leadership of that country has bank accounts in
out-of-the-country banks;
When the currency has to be changed in name, and a few zeros lopped off,
every few years.
All of these are clear signs of failed states. Some or all of these apply to
nearly 75% of the world's nations. The world is basically a living hell for the vast
majority of people. It is abominable. You don't even need to have all these
conditions in place, merely one or two is a sign of continuing failure to ensure
the inalienable rights of man to live peaceably and prosperously.