Getting a system like ours to work tolerably well is a huge collective action problem.

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In normal times, this works tolerably well.

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But it could well grow into a thriving, tolerably governed nation with a weak central government and very effective local rule, a positive and vivid contrast to many other Middle East states, especially Syria and Iran.

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