Sometimes it seems to me that humans are just a glutton for punishment. Let's take the crisis going on in the Middle East and North Africa. People have protested, and some regimes have fallen, and now those countries are in total chaos. One country is now at war, a new war, along with NATO, yes I speak of Libya. Tunisia is in real financial trouble, and needs United Nations aid, and without it there may be fewer countries with uprisings overthrowing their illegitimate governments because they will see all the chaos and economic the crisis which ensues.
In other words they will be taught that a ruthless or illegitimate government is better than none at all. Perhaps this is why the G8, UN, United States, and international monetary fund, along with the world bank has pledged between 20 and $40 million which would include Tunisia, and Egypt to help those populations get the government back on its feet, and run as more of a democracy than a republic in name only, and extremely dictatorial.
One thing we have to worry about is that as we promote democracy, and populations overthrow their government, that they don't turn everything into total chaos and anarchy. In other words be careful what you wish for as we see more radical elements rising to the occasion taking advantage of the situation, and claiming that they will solve all the problems, but in doing so this creates a worsened problem than those people and populations had to deal with before.
And unfortunately it becomes the world's problems for instance if let's say; a radical Islamic organization or even a terrorist group became the interim government. And you can't say it hasn't happened before, because it definitely has, and it is a real possibility, which gets back to my original statement that sometimes it seems as if humans are glutton for punishment. It also reminds me of a Chinese proverb; "you can't save a fish from drowning," and in that regard you can save people from slavery, indoctrination, or economic enslavement.
It's too bad, because I truly believe that anyone who has ever been free wishes to remain free and have liberty, and a sense of justice in whatever society they live in. I also know from experience and observation that once you are free and have lived in a free country, with liberty and democracy as a sentient being that you wish other people could be free as well. Unfortunately, it seems that humans are irresponsible with their actions when they get into big groups and mobs.
Once that mob mentality sets in, and common decency is thrown out the window, it's amazing what a few turn of events can lead to - indeed, I guess that's my comment here today, and I'm willing to discuss this further with you if you'd like to shoot me an e-mail.
Lance Winslow is a retired Founder of a Nationwide Franchise Chain, and now runs the Online Think Tank. Lance Winslow believes writing 23,777 articles by 7 PM on June 27, 2011 is going to be difficult because all the letters on his keyboard are now worn off now..
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