I make no secret that I do not like "revolutions".
What has happened to the poor people? Rod Steiger outlines why he hates revolutions
Overthrowing one rotten regime is pointless if all it does is bring in another that is as bad or worse. In the process people are hurt, killed, business ruined, wealth destroyed. Families shattered, split and beset by tragedy. The only winners are rats, flies and cockroaches, many walk upon two legs.
Sometimes this is all that can be done - things are so bad, so unjust, that the only option is to roll the dice and hope. Better to get it over with, the sooner to rebuild.
I hope that the fear of retribution does not drive the establishments in the countries above into a killing spree in a vain attempt to cling on to power.
I hope the wound created does not trigger a worse tumour than that which has just been cut out.
I hope the countries concerned can throw off foreign manipulation
I hope that their peoples can regain personal sovereignty and Rule of Law.
"Democracy"? What is the point if you do not have Rule of Law? What is the point of voting when those you vote in can take what you have at will and can prevent you from minding your own business and not others?
The potential for an exchange of demagoguery, not its removal, is tragically rather high.
I do not like revolutions. I like evolutions. Evolution tends to produce plurality, progress, options and keeps most things alive and viable most of the time while tending to see the best - or least bad - come through.
Sometimes, though, what we want is not always what is available. Sometimes a necessary evil is the best we can hope for.
For those countries struggling for freedom, I hope for the best.
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We have been living through a Fabian Revolution for over sixty years, it is a death by a thousand cuts, that has been evolutionary as well.
Can we 'evolve' back, I am really not sure anymore.
These North African countries are the living maxim that governments should be afraid of the people, they are now. Hence the shut down of twitter and facebook as agents of change.
These 'revolutions' are being lead by the middle class and educated. Lets hope they do not fall to the religiously obsessed.
I hope the countries concerned can throw off foreign manipulation
Until the $ is replaced as the worlds reserve currency, this can not happen. The effect of the Banank's money printing reaches far wider than the US.
Are these uprisings driven by "Democracy" or are they about Economics?
Democracy or Economics? Probably a little of both... but I would be surprised if a new government emerged that was actually able to improve either.
The only real successful revolution I can think of was the American Revolution, 1776.
Even in my own home country, the Orange Revolution did not bring about the changes and reforms that were campaigned for and needed...
Politicians got in the way.
Broadly, it's probably all business as usual. The destination has not changed.
What sometimes amazes me is why any people who otherwise are trying to be realists ever believe any "narrative" established by MSM and its friends and relations.
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