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What do the downfalls Somalia,Yugoslavia,Zimbabwe and Afghanistan all have in common? The establishment of socialist governments! Granting far-reaching powers to the state in the name of a greater good makes a government ripe for autocratic rule.

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The downfall of Afghanistan and Somalia was that the government was too weak. The downfall of Yugoslavia was the death of its benevolent autocrat that held the multi-ethnic society together.

Afghanistan had universal health care? Zimbabwe had unemployment insurance? Somalia had a social security retirement plan?

lol is there anything else you want to be wrong about?

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