“Every dictator has an end”, Egypt has proved it again and history will remember it as “Egyptian revolution”. I think this the third revolution after French and Russian, where mob were directly involved in a revolution. Whatever we saw in Egypt is just a breeze; a real tornado is yet to come in other countries, especially in the Arab countries where people suffer from long term dictatorship and barbarian imperial rule.
Egypt is a message to our youth, we don’t need to surrender our freedom and thought to anyone; we don’t need to be a spectator of corruption, favoritism and plunder, because we are the nation, they are just a part of system which we made.
Originally it started with Facebook; more than 130,000 people have joined a Facebook page nominated by Wael Ghonim. This indicates, we can use social networking sites not only to wish each other or flatter each other but also in a better way as Egyptians did. Wael showed us, a white collar job professional is still a part of the society and system. We must realize, wishing or posting a flag in Facebook wall on Independence Day is not real patriotism or our duty to nation. We can do more, more and more
It’s our misconception that revolution is only required under a dictatorship but it can even happen in democracy where people suffer due to corruption, favoritism and plunder by authority. We do not need to curse our fate and wait for completion of 5 years, because what we really learned from Egyptians are “unite and liberate”.
Excellent one..hope it does happen in india too..against the corruption in the country..mainly!!
ReplyDeleteVery good...Expect same with our neighbors too …
ReplyDeletegood write-up.
ReplyDeleteVery true!
ReplyDeleteThe thing is ... revolution to replace one long-time corrupt government with another government that will use, over time, the same tactics to become corrupt itself is just revolution for the sake of revolution. And of course, no one wants the "new" government, whatever that is, to become a dictatorship or even more repressive.
ReplyDeleteSo the question I have is why foment revolution against the current government just to have the same or worse replace it? Instead, for a revolution to have long term effect ... any such revolution MUST replace the *SYSTEM*.
It was this revolution against the British crown that formed an entirely new form of democracy which has made the USA so overly successful for over 200 years ... an eternity in the realm of stable government. It was not just the overthrow of the British monarchy on the North American continent, but the establishment of new FORMS of government.
That is what a revolution should accomplish. Oust the old government, create a new framework for a new government, and then and only then install new leadership. To do otherwise, in my opinion, just leads to the same old, same old, occurring over and over.