Rath said:
These countries aren't only operating in moderately succesfully - they have some of the highest qualities of life in the world. There is no reason for it to be intrinsically a bad idea - it simply relies on good governance to work. There are arguments why it wouldn't work in America so well (as I said, it relies on good governance to work, plus America is has a much larger population than these countries) but the fact is that in the right country - a wealthy, small and highly developed state - it works exceptionally well. |
Why it is only moderately successful is that these countries would probably have some of the highest standards of living regardless of whether they followed this approach because they're among the most selfless and least corrupt nations in the world. The fact that it requires a series of exceptional pre-conditions to cause less harm than good is why it is a bad approach. As an analogy, just because a few people with exceptional talent can be successful without a highschool education doesn't mean that skipping/dropping-out of highschool isn't inherently a bad idea.
