Quote from: malevolent on May 28, 2012, 05:25:39 PM

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

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.

Read this:
http://www.independent.org/newsroom/article.asp?id=1880
http://www.independent.org/pdf/working_papers/64_somalia.pdf
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Yes. It says that the Xeer legal system worked fine for a short while and then "In 2004, the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) was created in exile with U.N. backing. In February 2006 it entered Somalia, and so far, controls only the town of Baidoa."

The result was war and famine which continues to this day.

That is the essential problem with anarchy. You might have a working system within your small community and you might be able to live off remittances. But you won't be left alone. In Somalia's case, the US, Ethiopia and Eritrea all have armed proxies operating in the country. In Afghanistan's case, you have the US and NATO on the ground along with proxy armies of India and Pakistan. If you don't have your own state, this is what happens.