Quote from: Hawker on May 09, 2012, 10:00:09 PM

Quote from: steelhouse on May 09, 2012, 08:51:57 PM

Quote from: asdf on May 08, 2012, 09:25:54 PM

I hope Somalia continues it's course toward a free society and rejects the attempts by the UN to install a democracy.

So true. Somalia does not need to make the mistake of the Europe or the United States again. Governments start out protecting the people, in the end they steal from the people. I did notice there is still law in Somalia. If you lived in a gated community and your business had guards Somalia would be better off without any government.

In the article you guys are basing all the Somali optimism on, it clearly says that Somalia is living off remittances. Its people are having to go abroad to work in countries that have governments and send money home.

That is not something they are happy with. It explains why there is a large Somali population in London - they like having a state.

Yes, Hawker. A free society is impossible. We get it.