This is great, Faisal. I'm beginning to think this is the way of new democracies - great thinkers who circulate ideas, a few awful failures, and then slowly, slowly...When I was living in Austria in the 80's, I noticed that democracy still hadn't found a complete foothold - people were always thinking of ways to get around democratic structures, and what's more, sort of took such evasions in stride as they were used to it and it seemed normal to them. (Connections, back-door deals, corruption...) It seems to take a while to grow into a democratic (Enlightenment) mindset. Apropos Malkam Khan, there is a German saying which translates, "Idealists tend to be proven right, even if is a hundred years after they are buried." Their contribution is huge.
This is great, Faisal. I'm beginning to think this is the way of new democracies - great thinkers who circulate ideas, a few awful failures, and then slowly, slowly...When I was living in Austria in the 80's, I noticed that democracy still hadn't found a complete foothold - people were always thinking of ways to get around democratic structures, and what's more, sort of took such evasions in stride as they were used to it and it seemed normal to them. (Connections, back-door deals, corruption...) It seems to take a while to grow into a democratic (Enlightenment) mindset. Apropos Malkam Khan, there is a German saying which translates, "Idealists tend to be proven right, even if is a hundred years after they are buried." Their contribution is huge.