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Archived Articles | 16 Apr 2009 | EWR

Why mediocrity flourishes and will only thrive further

Edward Lucas

Political freedom means that rulers tremble when voters grumble. Fine. But a healthy political system also needs an opposition that is able and willing to take power.

On that score, the outlook in post-communist countries looks rather bleak.

(Europe.view column, Apr 16th 2009, from Economist.com)

The complete article is available here:
http://www.economist.com/world...

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Maxim21 Apr 2009 16:16

Fact is that we recognize you for what you are-an intellectual fraud! If you were genuine, you would agree that CT have been a conduit for solving a lot of problems for over 6 decades. By supporting the opposition on this one, you are merely crediting the corrupt forces that already have an upper hand in our societies, such as the Freemasons etc. Perhaps you could explain how it is that you have arrived at your conclusions of choosing to believe not to believe anything.

to - Maxim de la Trine21 Apr 2009 12:46

The illuminati newsletter gets about 100 visitors per month, according to its own figures.

Maxime de la Trine is one of them. I'm surprised that there are 99 others in this world like him.

describing your thinking !21 Apr 2009 07:33

it is obvious you had a tough time with grade 1 arithmetic
http://www.illuminati-news.com...
http://www.savethemales.ca/000...

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