I can understand this, but India, Canada, certainly the U.S. (as Muckefuck has pointed out) have had other paths and generally in the break up of the Commonwealth nations it hasn't been absolute. Mubarak actually claimed credit for the freedom of speech he allowed in his initial response to the protests - implying that the protestors should be grateful that he allows them internet access and educations etc.
In many other instances transitional democracies were undermined by our cold war tactical fear of communism, not that there was cause for concern, but over a long period of time, the U.S. has undermined a lot of nascent democracies - and perhaps distorts what we might think of as unfortunate (but necessary) stages in comparative socio-political development. And as Gorkabear and Arkanjil have pointed out other countries have dictator-laundered Libya.
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Date: 2011-02-23 06:13 pm (UTC)In many other instances transitional democracies were undermined by our cold war tactical fear of communism, not that there was cause for concern, but over a long period of time, the U.S. has undermined a lot of nascent democracies - and perhaps distorts what we might think of as unfortunate (but necessary) stages in comparative socio-political development. And as Gorkabear and Arkanjil have pointed out other countries have dictator-laundered Libya.