Picking the World Cup Winner
Franklin Foer takes a look at the
forms of government most likely to win the World Cup:
In addition to using the hierarchy above to guide your picks--fascism beats communism; military junta beats fascism; social democracy beats military junta--there are several other iron laws to apply: Of course, the major one is rather predictable:
6. The caveat.
There's one iron law that overrides all the others. The political reality most likely to produce a Jules Rimet trophy at any given moment in history: whatever form of government has taken up residence in Brasilia that week.
