> On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 7:40 AM, Jonathan North
> Washington<jonwashi@indiana.edu> wrote:
>> This isn't necessarily a "world"-wide problem. I think it goes back
>> to the way America's democracy is set up: a system for the majority.
>> It's fair, in that most people get what they want most of the time,
>> but the problem is, in such a system, someone always looses. The
>> economy is structured this way too.
>>
>> In an ideal America (or probably anywhere), both the economy and the
>> government would be structured so that everyone always gets enough—but
>> then, the people who currently get everything would have to be willing
>> to compromise (and not always get everything). One can always
>> dream...
>>
>> Anyway, I agree with your statement, but I'd probably reword it to say
>> "If you want to succeed in this *America*, ..." ;)
>>
>> --
>> Jonathan
>> http://jnw.name/
>
> With my foreigner hat on, I can confirm that this bug is consistent
> and repeatable, both inside and outside America.
And as any project maintainer, I'll call you crazy. Just kidding ;)
Yeah, it's pretty consistent, especially in the west, though in some
places (e.g. Central Asia) it takes a different form. For example,
the decision making power is distributed among a much smaller section
of the population, and a much higher percent gets screwed over by the
decisions.
--
Jonathan
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