At the time of this writing, there are numerous revolutions taking hold in countries around the world. Everyone strives for a populist society, which is unfortunately branded as communism or socialism based on it's ideals of everyone being equal and the people running the government. Everyone wants these, and this may just be the time to achieve it. Today I'll give my predictions on the outcomes of both revolutions, along with showing how revolution has changed. Finally, I'll show you just how tyrants have signed their collective death warrants with one single move.
--EGYPT--
Now, contrary to what normal societies operate, Egypt is some seventy or so (http://www.sis.gov.eg/VR/population/english/population1.html) percent young and college educated people. They have a lot of fresh minds with loads of intelligence, and they put it to use in what I would like to call a 5 on the peaceable to violent scale of revolts. Now what my prediction for this uprising, however violent it may be, is that they will succeed the first time in creating a populist society. Their economy is in a good position for being a world power with no problem at all. They have already taken the steps to assure their power, which I'll go into detail with later. To sum up, I predict Egypt will succeed in a populist government.
--LIBYA--
Sorry for any Libyans I might be offending out there, but I think that the first (and I quote, first) attempt will succeed to overthrow the government, but the powerhold they take will not stay pure. I think the main cause of this is Libya's overwhelming dependency on crude oil (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Libya) will force them to become corrupt, albeit less so than the former government. I think one of the major factors in whether a government (generalizing here) is corrupt is what their economy is based around, and the overwhelming percent is based on oil, which is a corrupting export. It's very, very hard not to be corrupt when you have such a vast oil reserve. My prediction? Failure, with a better attempt in 10 years.
--THE NEW WAY TO ALLY--
Today I had a stunning revelation about how modern revolts have changed in multiple ways. The first and most obvious is communication. We have Twitter, Facebook, all these new ways to tell others how you feel. One thing that may not have occurred to you concerning these however is that it means there is a new way to make alliances. While governments are chewing their fingernails wondering if their alliance is over with Egypt, I am delighted. You see, they may be worried that the government will not make an alliance with them, and they might not! But what all these new communication forms has done is created a bond with the people, as nature intended! I can empathize with them, and many support their causes, as they understand oppression and how noone actively seeks it. We encourage them to exert their natural rights as free peoples, and now the Internet is the way to make allies. Power is shifting away from the governments and back into the peoples hands, allowing me to have a friendship and common ground with another far off in Egypt! It's the people, the people that matter now, and moreso than ever! Why bother signing treaties with other countries when you can just as easily make friends with the peoples around the world, giving you greater power than you could ever have had before?
--THE DEATHBLOW TO TYRANTS; SIGNING THEIR OWN DEATH WARRANTS--
As you can hopefully understand, the deathblow will not be guns. It will not be riots, nor bullets, nor tanks or cannons. The new weapon is technology, and it is one that will always strike the heart without fail. By trying to participate in this new global economy, you have built a dependency on the Internet. By building this dependency, you have made the Internet available to the people, and no matter how hard you try, you can no longer take it back.You cannot stop the flow of information without destroying yourself. Sure, you could shut the Internet down. But in doing so, you just shut down the economy as a whole, dooming yourself. If you leave the Internet on, you allow the spread of messages to continue. Even if you manage to shut it down and avoid harming the economy through some miracle, the damage has been done, and the people will not stand for it. Killing is no longer an option, as sheer numbers will overpower any threat thrown at them, and the people shall have their rights! No longer can you ignore the will of the people, as they are the true owners of your country! No longer can you stop the collective force of a thousand different people, all banding together, every one of them equal! The people have the will, no, the right to change the world, and they will use it if it kills them.
-Thanks for reading.
ChemIisan
ADDITIONAL LINKS
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Populism
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/02/12/egypts-revolt-met-with-wi_n_822325.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-D2xbW1fww (hey who said we couldn't have music?)
--EGYPT--
Now, contrary to what normal societies operate, Egypt is some seventy or so (http://www.sis.gov.eg/VR/population/english/population1.html) percent young and college educated people. They have a lot of fresh minds with loads of intelligence, and they put it to use in what I would like to call a 5 on the peaceable to violent scale of revolts. Now what my prediction for this uprising, however violent it may be, is that they will succeed the first time in creating a populist society. Their economy is in a good position for being a world power with no problem at all. They have already taken the steps to assure their power, which I'll go into detail with later. To sum up, I predict Egypt will succeed in a populist government.
--LIBYA--
Sorry for any Libyans I might be offending out there, but I think that the first (and I quote, first) attempt will succeed to overthrow the government, but the powerhold they take will not stay pure. I think the main cause of this is Libya's overwhelming dependency on crude oil (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Libya) will force them to become corrupt, albeit less so than the former government. I think one of the major factors in whether a government (generalizing here) is corrupt is what their economy is based around, and the overwhelming percent is based on oil, which is a corrupting export. It's very, very hard not to be corrupt when you have such a vast oil reserve. My prediction? Failure, with a better attempt in 10 years.
--THE NEW WAY TO ALLY--
Today I had a stunning revelation about how modern revolts have changed in multiple ways. The first and most obvious is communication. We have Twitter, Facebook, all these new ways to tell others how you feel. One thing that may not have occurred to you concerning these however is that it means there is a new way to make alliances. While governments are chewing their fingernails wondering if their alliance is over with Egypt, I am delighted. You see, they may be worried that the government will not make an alliance with them, and they might not! But what all these new communication forms has done is created a bond with the people, as nature intended! I can empathize with them, and many support their causes, as they understand oppression and how noone actively seeks it. We encourage them to exert their natural rights as free peoples, and now the Internet is the way to make allies. Power is shifting away from the governments and back into the peoples hands, allowing me to have a friendship and common ground with another far off in Egypt! It's the people, the people that matter now, and moreso than ever! Why bother signing treaties with other countries when you can just as easily make friends with the peoples around the world, giving you greater power than you could ever have had before?
--THE DEATHBLOW TO TYRANTS; SIGNING THEIR OWN DEATH WARRANTS--
As you can hopefully understand, the deathblow will not be guns. It will not be riots, nor bullets, nor tanks or cannons. The new weapon is technology, and it is one that will always strike the heart without fail. By trying to participate in this new global economy, you have built a dependency on the Internet. By building this dependency, you have made the Internet available to the people, and no matter how hard you try, you can no longer take it back.You cannot stop the flow of information without destroying yourself. Sure, you could shut the Internet down. But in doing so, you just shut down the economy as a whole, dooming yourself. If you leave the Internet on, you allow the spread of messages to continue. Even if you manage to shut it down and avoid harming the economy through some miracle, the damage has been done, and the people will not stand for it. Killing is no longer an option, as sheer numbers will overpower any threat thrown at them, and the people shall have their rights! No longer can you ignore the will of the people, as they are the true owners of your country! No longer can you stop the collective force of a thousand different people, all banding together, every one of them equal! The people have the will, no, the right to change the world, and they will use it if it kills them.
-Thanks for reading.
ChemIisan
ADDITIONAL LINKS
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Populism
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/02/12/egypts-revolt-met-with-wi_n_822325.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-D2xbW1fww (hey who said we couldn't have music?)
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