http://blogs.reuters.com/africanews/2010/03/09/togos-tension-democracy-vs-stability/ African business, politics and lifestyle Wed, 22 May 2013 19:18:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://blogs.reuters.com/africanews/2010/03/09/togos-tension-democracy-vs-stability/comment-page-1/#comment-8251 InfiniteRand Wed, 24 Mar 2010 03:14:35 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/africanews/?p=3000#comment-8251 Stability or reliable business partners? To be fair the two tend to go together and tend also to go with development, but these are tendencies and usually diverge the longer stability is pursued. I admit that favoring democracy over stability can seem rather callous to those hurt by the instability, but before anyone would favor stability over democracy, let them ask themselves what if it were I marginalized by the lack of democracy. Then again, one might ask his or herself, what it were I hurt by the lack of stability. Stability or reliable business partners? To be fair the two tend to go together and tend also to go with development, but these are tendencies and usually diverge the longer stability is pursued. I admit that favoring democracy over stability can seem rather callous to those hurt by the instability, but before anyone would favor stability over democracy, let them ask themselves what if it were I marginalized by the lack of democracy. Then again, one might ask his or herself, what it were I hurt by the lack of stability.

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