Re: You know it's getting late when...

[ichudov@algebra.com (Igor Chudov @ home)]

jim bell wrote:
> 
> Ostensibly, one of the reasons for having a free and fair political system 
> is so people will not be inclined to throw bombs and plot violent 
> revolution.  Grandly ignoring this, that reporter seems to take the 
> diametrically opposite tack:  A totalitarian government can best avoid 
> bombings and violence.
> 

Actually the graph goes like this: 

^ Non-State Terrorism
|
|            ..-..
|          /~     \
|       .-~        \
|..---/~            ~-.
+------------------------------------------------> Level of Totalitarianism

^ State Terrorism
|
|          -------------------------------------
|       .-~
|    .-~
| .-~
|/
+------------------------------------------------> Level of Totalitarianism

	- Igor.