Comment Re:Imagine being a young Somalian, and choose (Score 2, Interesting) 666
That’s an interesting thought. So the woman gets paid and then the next day is robbed and killed by a roving gang or a warlord’s hunt and terminate party. The other investors complain to the Somalian Stock Exchange that they don’t feel safe investing because their money can’t be guaranteed. Business suffers as a result until the Stock Exchange or some other business springs up and offers protection for that money.
Thats exactly how every modern government in Europe came into existence. The British, the Dutch, and the Portuguese started out as pirates - Drake, the Ostindian Company, Spanish
I wouldn't ridicule this too much, it is a good development - a stock exchanges *does* need the protection of property and lives, and will lead to people you can negotiate with and that know the value of trust. Those people currently have the choice between starvation and becoming criminal. You can talk to them - try bargaining with some well-fed, middle-class, well-educated jihadist who is convinced the universe owes him more and thats why he's going to blow up himself together with some civilians if they don't stop listening to Popsongs.