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mrstickball on 29 January 2011

http://www.zerohedge.com/article/protests-spread-saudi-arabia

I pray this one goes well. They control a bit more resources than Egypt does. The analysis I've read over at MP.net make it look a lot grimmer, as they may have far more radical elements. Nevertheless, I hope it goes well, and we're seeing Democratization of the Middle East, akin to what we saw in Eastern Europe ~20 years ago which led to peace and more prosperity for the formerly-communist nations.



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elticker on 29 January 2011

not gonna happen saudi arabia people are gettign alot of money and are properly employed, low level of poor people, more even distribution of wealth clean streets etc........



 

 

Kamal on 29 January 2011

"On the other hand, we expect more news such as those from yeserday that Kuwait is paying its citizens $3,500 plus free food for a year to keep calm."

Wow, just wow.


First Mubarak and now the Saudi's things can't get better then this. They'll probably severe tactics to keep things quiet...



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Mr Khan on 29 January 2011

I would find this one harder. Egypt and Tunisia at least have structures that could be democratized. Saudi Arabia's been the monarchy from square one (1932)



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Kasz216 on 29 January 2011

Hey, here's hoping...  this is some crazy stuff.


It's great to see such optimisim and hope for freedom after the economic downturn seems to put everyone into a "too much freedom is bad" mood and mindset in the west.



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Mr Khan on 29 January 2011
Kasz216 said:

Hey, here's hoping...  this is some crazy stuff.


It's great to see such optimisim and hope for freedom after the economic downturn seems to put everyone into a "too much freedom is bad" mood and mindset in the west.

Bad economy leads to reaction. The West likes to let capitalism run free in boom times and reacts to bad times by tightening it, whereas non-free systems react by liberalizing, either economically or politically

Think of it this way: the same exact reasons led to the fall of the Tsars and the fall of the Soviets



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makingmusic476 on 29 January 2011

More protests have erupted in Yemen as well:

 

Dozens of activists calling for the ouster of Ali Abdullah Saleh, Yemen's president, have clashed with government supporters in Sanaa, the country's capital.

Plainclothes police also attacked the demonstrators, who marched to the Egyptian embassy in Sanaa on Saturday chanting "Ali, leave leave" and "Tunisia left, Egypt after it and Yemen in the coming future".

 



Kasz216 on 29 January 2011
Mr Khan said:
Kasz216 said:

Hey, here's hoping...  this is some crazy stuff.


It's great to see such optimisim and hope for freedom after the economic downturn seems to put everyone into a "too much freedom is bad" mood and mindset in the west.

Bad economy leads to reaction. The West likes to let capitalism run free in boom times and reacts to bad times by tightening it, whereas non-free systems react by liberalizing, either economically or politically

Think of it this way: the same exact reasons led to the fall of the Tsars and the fall of the Soviets

Have the middle east had that rough of it lately though?  I mean the big thing in Egypt is the protests were started by the middle class.  From what I heard Egypt was expected to come out a "winner" of the whole thing.

Though, what with their internet down... god knows how that's going to fuck with their economy.



FaRmLaNd on 30 January 2011

If they can democratise and introduce secularism or at least maintain it if it already exists is the big question for me. The impulse for freedom can be strong, but if a government is toppled it can also lead to radical elements getting control.

But its certainly more promising then mainting the statis quo. Good luck to them for trying.



Porcupine_I on 30 January 2011

Does anyone remember what happened in Iran?



“It appeared that there had even been demonstrations to thank Big Brother for raising the chocolate ration to twenty grams a week. And only yesterday, he reflected, it had been announced that the ration was to be reduced to twenty grams a week. Was it possible that they could swallow that, after only twenty-four hours? Yes, they swallowed it.”

- George Orwell, ‘1984’