Vonnegut on Democracy
Vonnegut on TDS with JS (9.13.2005):
"I've wanted to give Iraq a lesson in democracy, because we're good at it. In democracy, after a hundred years, you have to let your slaves go, and after 150 years, you have to let your women vote. At the beginning of democracy, quite a bit of genocide and ethnic cleansing is OK, and that's what's going on now."
Read
Cat's Craddle if you get a chance. It is a wonderful treat!