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Originally Posted by emptypepsi
Bingo 
Excellent post. A well educated, law abiding populus is just as important. |
Another aspect to consider is that it appears to be more sucessful when the population has, for the most part, common goals and a common cultural background, at least enough to allow cooperation. Many of the nations we are trying to impose democracy on are nations in name, but in reality consist of warring factions that have no history of cooperation. This does not make for a tenable democracy.