• liv@beehaw.org
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    1 year ago

    I think you’re misunderstanding the person you’re talking to. They are just saying that anything that can’t do those 3 things is not a government.

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      1 year ago

      There are a lot of things that collapse a government if not done that’s not one of those three things, though. Like educating its people. Especially that one for a democratic government, in actual fact.

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        1 year ago

        I think you’re still confusing what you like in a government (e.g democracy) with what something has to do in order to qualify as a government.

        Take a look at this report on education. If we look at a country like Mali the average child there has just two years of schooling and attendence even at primary/elementary school is very low.

        It may not have a government that we like, but it still has a government.

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          No, you are not understanding that

          hat something has to do in order to qualify as a government.

          is subjective, and differs from culture to culture and person to person.

          And until you accept that fact, no debate is possible. Goodbye