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128shot said:
Kandahar said:Umm we already recognize Somalia as a sovereign nation...although there's no government to recognize.
128shot said:I know, however I also know we don't really interact there. So you know, we could try and develop their economy by and large as an anarchist state rather than fetter AGAIN at establishing a "democracy"
Seriously, the country is heading itself in this anarchic state very well. If there was some support and guidance on the outside to develop a common code of ethics and business law, with the somilia tribes of course, I bet the country would be one of the very few in the whole contitent to grow.
Kandahar said:Somalia has done better than can be expected as an anarchy compared to most other African countries, but that's mainly because the corruption is smaller-scale. In some countries like Cameroon and Zimbabwe, the government steals everything from everyone, whereas in Somalia the local thug simply doesn't have the power to steal from everyone.
Some business leaders in Somalia-proper have actually started paying vigilantes to stop petty crime. This is a step in the right direction, but Somalia-proper still has a long way to go before it's any kind of functioning nation.
How do you suggest we "develop their economy as an anarchist state"?
128shot said:Hold Negotiations with all the tribal leaders to form a common pact of law so international investment is possible?
Kandahar said:Then it wouldn't really be an anarchist state, it'd be a country ruled by tribal leaders. What makes you think that the tribal leaders would agree to this anyway? Why haven't they already done so, on their own?
Besides, most of the tribal leaders don't have the power to impose any kind of law on their communities. Somalia is so fragmented that there is simply NO authority in most parts of the country. In many places order is imposed by gangs and pirates, and in many other places order simply doesn't exist.
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