Svante

@cstross @YourNetworkIsHaunted @fullsquare OK, but I don’t see the automatism in that direction either. And just letting them simmer in their own little cosmos doesn’t seem very sustainable when they organize and support e. g. Hamas, Hezbollah, and Houthi.

Starting a war now is not the answer, I’m pretty sure, but the question remains.

@YourNetworkIsHaunted @fullsquare Yes, absolutely, civilization (or whatever word you like better here) will not happen automatically or magically.

And I’m not finding an answer: How do you /properly/ remove an oppressive theocracy, in such a way that the country has good starting conditions to prosper?

Two things seems clear to me: the theocrats will not go by themselves, and the country will not prosper under them.