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Mon 6 Jul, 2015 04:18 am
"or lack there of economic development"? If so, what does "there" mean there?
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Unlike many other political scientists, Diamond doesn’t hold economic development, or lack there of, as the number one factor in the decline of democracy. Diamond states that the efficiency of the government is the first problem. If the government cannot provide a safe and equal economic and political playing field then any work in promoting economic development will be useless. He cites the Kenyan President Kibaki as an example. Kibaki helped Kenya reach some of its highest levels of economic growth but failed to address massive corruption, which led to claims of fraud in his 2007 presidential election, which in turn exploded into violence.[10]
@oristarA,
The word is "thereof," meaning concerning this, that or it. In this case this, that or it is "economic development."
"...Diamond doesn't hold economic development, or lack of economic development, as the number one factor..."
Wittgenstein said "Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent."
@oristarA,
There: is a location.
the location can be an idea, or a time, or a place.
"Lacking economic development there, made it hard to also prosper."
Lacking in this idea or place, is economic development.
GorDie just posted a lot of crap, which can be ignored. He does this quite often. he either failed to understand the question, or did not read it properly.
@Tes yeux noirs,
Tes yeux noirs wrote:
GorDie just posted a lot of crap, which can be ignored. He does this quite often. he either failed to understand the question, or did not read it properly.
Yes. That is exactly my impression.
@Tes yeux noirs,
Tes yeux noirs wrote:
Wittgenstein said "Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent."
I am not sure I've got the meaning of "one cannot speak" clearly.
Does it mean "one is not able to speak something useful"?
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