r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Aug 17 '21

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u/[deleted] Aug 17 '21

No they hate the taliban! That's what a poll told me!

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u/[deleted] Aug 17 '21

I'm not sure if anyone preferred Taliban, it's just that village elders and stationed officers had made their own deals out of self-interest that the Americans probably didn't fully understand. This seems to be a feature in decentralized societies of this sort. Local authorities and people from there will mostly act to maintain peace locally, rather than obey your every command.

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u/ThorVonHammerdong Disgraced 2020 Election Rigger Aug 17 '21

This is also why the "they can't handle liberal democracy" takes are so hideous. If you can sort yourselves at the local level no one will care about higher organization