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Mandos
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posted 10 November 2005 03:05 AM      Profile for Mandos   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
http://www.trilateral.org/projwork/tfrsums/tfr08.htm

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The current pessimism about the viability of democratic government stems in large part from the extent to which contextual threats, societal trends, and intrinsic challenges have simultaneously manifested themselves in recent years. A democratic system which was not racked by intrinsic weaknesses stemming from its own performance as a democracy could much more easily deal with contextual policy challenges. A system which did not have such significant demands imposed upon it by its external environment might be able to correct the deficiencies which arose out of its own operations. It is, however, the conjunction of the policy problems arising from the contextual challenges, the decay in the social base of democracy manifested in the rise of oppositionist intellectuals and privatistic youth, and the imbalances stemming from the actual operations or democracy itself which make the governability of democracy a vital and, indeed, an urgent issue for the Trilateral societies.

The manifesto of the dissatisfied Rulers. Note Dear Old Sammy Huntington.


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thwap
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posted 10 November 2005 11:05 PM      Profile for thwap        Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
I saw this earlier today and can't understand why I didn't comment then: Great! I've been looking for this for ages! And the damned thing was on their website (they have a website! Why didn't i think of that sooner!) the whole time!

copied and saved it. better than any old "space lizards" nonsense anytime.


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