... whetted my appetite for you book.
I agree with you completely on the need for re-engineering countries. How do we do it without falling into the "nation building" trap so beloved of leftists, liberals and neo-cons? I happen to think the US model of representative government is ideal - for us. I don't see it as the best, "one size fits all" model for every place and people on Earth. But that is exactly how the ideologues will understand and implement re-engineering.
For example, we think in term of national representation delineated geographically. It that the best, most appropriate approach? Afghans or Iraqis could elect representatives based on tribal delineations, which would be a culturally organic evolution from their customs of meeting of tribal elders to resolve disputes. Is that the kind of solution our politicians would accept, or even understand?
On the other hand, there is a strong movement that would view re-engineering as an opportunity to keep a region locked in a primitive state of development - for example the Amazon Basin. A large part of the environmental movement views this as ideal, and doesn't care about the mortality rate from malaria.
I think a discussion of just what re-engineering means, what its goals are, and how it's implemented would be valuable.
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