Shrillland wrote:Nakena wrote:
I feel this sort of criticism comes more from liberals and centrists in the Democratic Party who are pro-Israel. And that is what this really is about it.
Not necessarily, she's one of those who thinks it's manifestly impossible for democracy to develop in the Islamic world because everybody will just vote for religious extremists like Daesh, even though Tunisia shoots that argument down quickly.
Tunisia is unique in a lot of ways but one of the most important things about it is that tribal identity was softened and cleaved over the course of Tunisian history prior to its revolution which has given it an edge over other MENA countries; it was already one of the more Western MENA countries arguably the most Western even more so than Israel. Others do have legitimate issues with latent extremism or their tribal politics/identities are too strong and prominent to make it work effectively. Or at least have it work like a Western liberal democracy.