Re: [OT] Another heated discussion about the Iraq siutation, war and politics.
Wardad:
A matriarchal or matrilineal society does not a democracy make. There have been many cultures with matriarchal or matrilineal bases who were not anything close to democracies.
I understand a lot of western education may lead someone to believe that a government of women is somehow a better government, but it is not true. Matriarchies are not less likely to get in wars, promote slavery, or practice euthanasia. They are, however, less likely to survive.
The League of Five Nations, the Iroquois Tribes, whatever you want to call them, many have been close to a democracy, but that does not dispute the "democracies don't make war on each other" rule. Neither the English Colonies, nor the British Empire, nor the French Empire were democracies. Democracies will make war on other governments, but they will not make war on each other.
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