I downvoted this because it was content-free bullshit. You asked :-/
Simon Anhold is someone who's payed to consult governments. Both Western governments and countries like Sierra Leone and Saudi Arabia. If he's simply talking bullshit why do government seek him out as a highly-payed advisor?
I guess the rejection is more based on the fact that his message seems like it violates deep-seated values on your end about how reality should work than his work being bullshit.
If it's worth saying, but not worth its own post (even in Discussion), then it goes here.
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