ogmios wrote:
Well Cornbread, it's hard to see how it could be much worse when most of the world's population are undernourished, penniless - debt ridden in fact, and don't have access to clean water.
The thing about revolutions is: they are followed by counter-revolutions and, although much of what was won is taken back, things never go back to where they were before. I'm talking about England, France, America and Russia. Revolution has, in my opinion, a definable role in the evolution of human society and we might just be overdue another one. I doubt, though, we're going to start it on DTV but you never know.
Sure, revolutions are a big part of history, and yes, sometimes they are necessary. I just think a lot of us spoiled Westerners have no clue what a civil war would feel like - sure, it sounds exciting and all, but speaking of hungry poor people, let's look at Zimbabwe for a moment.
After years of civil war, in 1980 Mugabe and his people were able to throw out the white people, and rightfully so, in my opinion.
The infrastructure collapsed, Mugabe became a corrupt dictator, and they've been in a sorry mess ever since.
Before you get rid of the bad guys, you better make sure you can handle the situation yourselves.
It's one thing to tear down structures, it's another thing altogether building new ones from scratch.
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