What’s so remarkable about events in the Middle East is that a significant number of people who had felt powerless looked around at what they’d seen every day of their lives and thought for the first time: “It doesn’t have to be this way.”Read the rest of TGIF here.
When will Americans do that?
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The best way ever devised to herd individuals into a massive, obedient collective is to give them nice treats and then scare them that the treats will disappear if they don't do what they are told. Egypt failed on the treat side.
ReplyDeleteThe USA is a superb example -- perhaps the best -- of getting it right.
So Americans will never do what you suggest.
But with the coming crisis scaring the ruling elite, the treats may be curtailed. Then watch out.
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