Democracy is still in the minority
When observing a list of the world’s most ’peaceful’nations - nations that are presupposed to be peaceful in terms of the level of political violence within their own borders, regardless of the violence they cause outside of their territories - there is an inextricable connection between peace and prosperity.
Richer countries naturally have higher standards of livings and higher access to essential things such as locum jobs for doctors. This means more people are employed and there is less deprivation, less famine, more social opportunities and less poverty. In countries like Britain, starvation is the exception; in a country in sub-Saharan Africa, one meal a day is the exception. The level of crime and violence in a population depends on the factors that mitigate it in the first place. Living in a country where there is little in the way of food, deadly diseases, little or no education and extremely high death rates means that violence and crime is a way of life. ’Peace’in the sense that we in Britain or in other countries perceive is merely a dream, an idea that seems as vague as to be completely incomprehensible.
Indeed, most people who live in poverty-stricken countries, where the government owns 95 percent of the economy and most of the violence is carried out by the army and the police, have no understanding of the idea of ’democracy’. They have never known or been introduced to the concept of justice or equal rights, because it simply does not exist where they live. In countries like Uganda or Sudan mass murders are carried out by government officials on a constant basis. This will continue until these countries can create a democratic system of government modelled on western values, which is highly unlikely anytime soon.
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