Comments on: A Dose of Burmese Glamour http://www.microkhan.com/2009/08/31/a-dose-of-burmese-glamour/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:40:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: scottstev http://www.microkhan.com/2009/08/31/a-dose-of-burmese-glamour/comment-page-1/#comment-2577 scottstev Tue, 01 Sep 2009 19:05:42 +0000 http://www.microkhan.com/?p=2623#comment-2577 @Captured Shadow- The Kuwaiti/Dubai model is very tempting at first glance. I think all of us would love to live with an unlimited income and no need to wallow in the day-to-day grind of citizenship. However, as recent articles have shown, you accept a lot of risk if you take that bargain. Without rule-of-law, contracts become difficult to enforce. And your time in the sun could end rather unpleasantly if you offend or get in the way of someone powerful. I wonder if that sense of it all possibly ending tomorrow leads to a lot of the carpe diem luxury lifestyle of those regions. @Captured Shadow- The Kuwaiti/Dubai model is very tempting at first glance. I think all of us would love to live with an unlimited income and no need to wallow in the day-to-day grind of citizenship.

However, as recent articles have shown, you accept a lot of risk if you take that bargain. Without rule-of-law, contracts become difficult to enforce. And your time in the sun could end rather unpleasantly if you offend or get in the way of someone powerful. I wonder if that sense of it all possibly ending tomorrow leads to a lot of the carpe diem luxury lifestyle of those regions.

]]> By: Brendan I. Koerner http://www.microkhan.com/2009/08/31/a-dose-of-burmese-glamour/comment-page-1/#comment-2555 Brendan I. Koerner Mon, 31 Aug 2009 20:02:03 +0000 http://www.microkhan.com/?p=2623#comment-2555 Those thirty pieces of silver are always mighty tempting...especially for us self-involved creative types. Those thirty pieces of silver are always mighty tempting…especially for us self-involved creative types.

]]> By: Captured Shadow http://www.microkhan.com/2009/08/31/a-dose-of-burmese-glamour/comment-page-1/#comment-2551 Captured Shadow Mon, 31 Aug 2009 18:03:58 +0000 http://www.microkhan.com/?p=2623#comment-2551 That is an interesting point on political freedom vs. commercial success. If I was offered the chance to give up my right to vote in exchange for a life of leisure ala Kuwait style government, could I resist? I don't see a flood of Kuwaitis moving to western democracies...... That is an interesting point on political freedom vs. commercial success. If I was offered the chance to give up my right to vote in exchange for a life of leisure ala Kuwait style government, could I resist? I don’t see a flood of Kuwaitis moving to western democracies……

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