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Subject: Re: Re: On Democracy:re to Lewis on History
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Date: Wed, 19-Feb-86 10:46:22 EST
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---------------------Reply to mail dated 17-FEB-1986 14:40---------------------


>Michael Lewis says: 
> 
>> I submit that for democracy to be successfully implemented in a country, there
>> need to be some long-standing pseudo-democratic institutions present.  I don't
> 
>2)we *did* successfully cram democracy down Japan's throat (to an extent)
>  MacArthur installed democratic institutions quite successfully during
>  the American occupation of Japan.
> 
>Please get your historical facts straight.
>          tim sevener   whuxn!orb

Mr Sevener

   Get your facts straight.  Japan had  pseudo-democratic institutions they
had been around for about 60 years before McArthur.  They had a two house
parliament that was fashioned after the Germany governemt at the time of 
Bismark.  I am not saying that it was a real democratic institution but it
was at least a pseudo-democratic institution.  Don't jump down someone's
throat before looking first. The Military candidates took over control of
the cabinet much in the same way Hitler took power in Germany.

Brian Mahoney