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Re:Files Vanished, Young Chinese Lose the Future by Herring on Monday July 27, 2009 @06:44PM (#726943)
I wonder - has there ever been a case of an organization that big voluntarily giving up power? I can't think of any, & in fact the opposite situation (eg regulatory capture) is quite common.
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Re:Files Vanished, Young Chinese Lose the Future by philwelch on Monday July 27, 2009 @08:12PM (#727101)
Depends on what you mean by "voluntary", but maybe half of the British Empire was ceded without bloodshed.
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Re:Files Vanished, Young Chinese Lose the Future by adharmad on Tuesday July 28, 2009 @01:50PM (#728390)
Can you clarify which half was ceded without bloodshed?
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Re:Files Vanished, Young Chinese Lose the Future by bayareaguy on Monday July 27, 2009 @11:30PM (#727371)
has there ever been a case of an organization that big voluntarily giving up power

It depends on what you mean by voluntarily, but here's one example: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_Day_(South_Africa)

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Re:Files Vanished, Young Chinese Lose the Future by adharmad on Tuesday July 28, 2009 @01:51PM (#728392)
Cant think of any. Power corrupts and the only way to change it is via political action or (sometimes) via armed revolution.
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