njcommuter
2008-06-01 16:04:19
Maoists win. In the end, that’s what this comes down to. They succeeding in creating disorder that the republic couldn’t contain under its own rules. (A State’s monopoly on domestic violence is one of the foundations on which its legitimacy rests.) The monarch who might have been able to contain it was rejected by people who preferred associating with the Maoists. The monarch, acting in a truly responsible fashion, yielded. Result: the Maoists now have a share of power.
If you think that’s good, I’d like to introduce you to three-card monte.
This has been repeated throughout the twentieth century. The last twenty years in Chile have been a sterling example.
