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Lousy People Make Lousy Countries

Lousy People Make Lousy Countries

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Sep 18, 2024
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Bad people create bad governments (for the most part). They could vote them out anytime, but they won't because they agree with their bad government.

The parentheses are because there a number of countries in the Arab World, Latin America, and South Asia ruled by very unpopular dictatorships which are hated by their people They can hardly be blamed for the policies of their state.

Lousy people make lousy countries and cultures. They could change any time they want but they won’t so the screwed up country is their fault.

No people on Earth are stuck with a crap country or lousy culture. If those things exist, it's because the people themselves created them and maintain them.

The liberal-Left will never admit this most obvious fact of our species because they’re afraid it will seem racist. The Left’s paranoia of racism has blinded them dark as cave creatures.

This panicked terror has so gummed up their brains on this subject that the creaking gears barely spin anymore. The liberal-Left h…

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