I did think I made clear that this was for people who somehow escaped warlordism. It deals with an ethic to govern governance, not the particular form government would take. Even the linked article, which talks about the political process and the economy under the ethic arrived at in this article, addresses the absolute minimum of details regarding institutional structures. I think the weakening of respect for institutions is linked to the growing realization that the foundation on which they exist is woefully weak. Wouldn't a sounder ethical grounding for governance generate institutions (via which governance transpires) that would garner more respect for those institutions?

Stephen Yearwood
Stephen Yearwood

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M.A. in political economy (money/distributive justice) "Please don't confront me with my failures/ I'm aware of them" from "These Days," as sung by Gregg Allman

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