Well-performing societies had both  the rule of law was necessary, but norms respected by all citizens had greater flexibility. It involved norms as well as laws. One couldnt encode in laws everything implied by good behavior. The world was just too complex and ever-changing. When I was chief economist of the World Bank some 20 years ago, we would lecture countries about creating good institutions, and at the time we looked to the United States as a model and paragon. Are we willing to give up on our democracy to get them?
Some people were happy about election day night being unimportant.
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Some people were happy about election day night being unimportant .
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