Comments on: Why America Is Failing http://danielmiessler.com/blog/why-america-is-failing grep understanding Thu, 18 Mar 2010 04:37:26 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Daniel Miessler http://danielmiessler.com/blog/why-america-is-failing/comment-page-1#comment-59556 Daniel Miessler Tue, 05 Jun 2007 04:18:34 +0000 http://dmiessler.com/archives/1383#comment-59556 <p>True, but I think that was an exceptional case that was made possible only due to the post WWI depression in the country that was applying extreme pressure.</p> True, but I think that was an exceptional case that was made possible only due to the post WWI depression in the country that was applying extreme pressure.

]]> By: mclaren http://danielmiessler.com/blog/why-america-is-failing/comment-page-1#comment-59555 mclaren Tue, 05 Jun 2007 04:14:49 +0000 http://dmiessler.com/archives/1383#comment-59555 <p><I>In short, the more educated and enlightened a given group of people, the more liberal and representative their system of government will be. Conversely, the less educated and more retarded a given group, the higher the chances their government will be totalitarian in nature.</I></p> <p>That's just not correct. 1920s Germany had the most highly educated and most liberal population of any country in the developed world at the time -- yet it slid straight into tyranny .</p> In short, the more educated and enlightened a given group of people, the more liberal and representative their system of government will be. Conversely, the less educated and more retarded a given group, the higher the chances their government will be totalitarian in nature.

That’s just not correct. 1920s Germany had the most highly educated and most liberal population of any country in the developed world at the time — yet it slid straight into tyranny .

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