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2012-02-07 Africa North

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Posted by Fred 2012-02-07 00:00|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top
File under: Arab Spring

#1 This editorial makes it seem like the Libyan spring was merely a desperate explosion of people pushed to their limits (which it was).
From another context (foreclosure fraud) I lift the following quote: Aristocracies who descend into unrestrained looting of the populace while neutering the legal system get insurgency.

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2012-02-07 00:27|| 2012-02-07 00:27|| Front Page Top

#2 It seems to me that there is an underlying problem with all these revolutions based on unrealistic and muddled expectations.

Once the bad guy is removed there is an upsurge of positive feeling where people are looking for individual freedom, the ability to run their own lives. BUT, they also want a central power to provide them with their every whim.

You can't have a sudden onslaught of individualism at the same time that big government is being formed to run/control/provide everything that you need/want. This conflict results in what you see in Libya, Afghan, Egypt and all the other cesspits of the world.

As Rantburgurgers are well aware, the flip-side of individual freedom is individual responsibility and self reliance and there is no room for that under a big brother government be it bad or good. Lack of practice makes it mostly impossible to develop self reliance when the facade of government control crumbles.

The people have to band together without the government help or interference to provide the basic infrastructure elements of transportation, hospitals, sewage etc. This is what keeping your freedom requires, you want it, you do it.

You want it and don't do it yourself you are easy prey for every shyster promising nirvana if you just follow the new "big man".

And Willie goes round in circles.

Posted by AlanC 2012-02-07 08:50|| 2012-02-07 08:50|| Front Page Top

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