• NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io
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      9 days ago

      No it’s not? A failed state is one in which the state can’t punish a significant amount of non-state sanctioned violence, which wasn’t the case in Afghanistan.

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        I suppose if you use that definition then when America invaded it became a failed state run by warlords and now it has recovered.

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          Yeah exactly. Now, being a non-failed state, they can start the long, gruelling process of cultural and political evolution. That’s why you’re hearing about Afghani human rights activists now but not ten years ago.