I don’t mean to talk democracy down, it’s great in my opinion.
It’s just the initial conditions under which democracy can flourish may require being un-democratic first.
>Why the men? At least one well-known theory is that the education and development of women is tightly correlated to overall development.
Because they are physically more powerful. A tribe of men able and willing to dish out damage is usually only stopped by another similar tribe. So there has to be a critical mass of them (specifically the leaders) who are willing to forego violence and accept compromise.
We have an easy example before us. Israel and Palestine or Russian and Ukraine. Two or more tribes want the same land, and there is no sufficient middle for there to be middle ground.
So if you were to draw a line around the perimeter of both tribes and setup a democracy, it’s probably not going to work out.
It’s just the initial conditions under which democracy can flourish may require being un-democratic first.
>Why the men? At least one well-known theory is that the education and development of women is tightly correlated to overall development.
Because they are physically more powerful. A tribe of men able and willing to dish out damage is usually only stopped by another similar tribe. So there has to be a critical mass of them (specifically the leaders) who are willing to forego violence and accept compromise.
We have an easy example before us. Israel and Palestine or Russian and Ukraine. Two or more tribes want the same land, and there is no sufficient middle for there to be middle ground.
So if you were to draw a line around the perimeter of both tribes and setup a democracy, it’s probably not going to work out.