tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2632138718546353703.post9160551870325178995..comments2023-10-28T05:40:37.181-07:00Comments on Positivity: Small Things Of Hope And Self-Confidence: For A Better Nationbarijoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06514025394069921066noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2632138718546353703.post-88012090095385138892010-05-03T05:46:59.000-07:002010-05-03T05:46:59.000-07:00IMO its about money. People can arrive at your lev...IMO its about money. People can arrive at your level of awareness only if they are freed from the burden of toiling for daily bread and butter. Average Indonesians are still at the level of being busy earning everyday meal, and everything else becomes secondary.<br><br>After reading stories of Rwanda under Paul Kagame, I have come to believe that the fastest route to economic prosperity is not through democracy, but authoritarianism. Authoritarianism restores order and stability, two pre-requisites foor economic development, while democracy creates chaos.<br><br><a href="http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/134/special-report-rwanda-rising.html" rel="nofollow">Rwanda Rising: A New Model of Economic Development.</a><br><br><a href="http://www.fastcompany.com/blog/jeff-chu/inquisition/rwandas-president-we-will-not-forget-genocide-we-will-not-be-defined-it-ei" rel="nofollow">Kagame: No country can depend on development aid forever. Such dependency dehumanises us and robs of us our dignity, and quite frankly it is an unacceptable proposition, besides being unsustainable. </a>Firmanhttp://twitter.com/ukmekgnacnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2632138718546353703.post-92039433970723192552010-05-03T18:22:47.000-07:002010-05-03T18:22:47.000-07:00I agree with you - many are too busy fighting to p...I agree with you - many are too busy fighting to put food on the table to think about this stuff. That's why we should find ways of inspiring this hope and self-confidence in others, because we certainly cannot depend on our so-called leaders to do that. <br><br>You may be right about authoritarianism - because a big problem for us is discipline. But I don't see that happening here, where the so-called 'hard-won freedom from the New Order's oppression' is still fresh in our minds. We'll have to find another way; some way so that the large minority of intellectuals and professionals can do something more for this country without getting muddled up in politics.barijoehttp://barijoe.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com