+158 Those who are happy about the fall of the dictator in Egypt may want to read Animal Farm for a little caution... amirite?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Four legs good! Two legs bad!

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Four legs good, two legs better... that is the fear

by Anonymous 13 years ago

...it's an entirely different situation...

by Anonymous 13 years ago

the masses under a dictatorship choose to overthrow their dictator and start their own government? point out the difference.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

In the Russian Revolution they went from a nearly capitalist nation to an entirely communist one. In Egypt we are going from a semi-socialist nation to a democratic one. And we weren't supposed to be under a dictatorship, that was the idea. We were fighting for a right we already had. And we didn't start our own government, either, the transitional government in place is actually the same one Mubarak chose when he reassigned a new cabinet, it's just a few various people in it who have changed over the past month. I'm not saying it's an entirely safe situation, but the entire idea of the protests were showing whoever takes charge next that they can't DO the whole "Napoleon is always right!" thing. You might say the situation in Egypt is the aftermath of Napoleon. By putting it the way you did, you make it sound a lot more drastic and underplanned.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Hm, I agree that Russia went from nearly capitalist to extreme communism, but I wasnn't exactly focusing on the exact type of old and new government in play. It mainly was a comment on the masses bringing up a new leader.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

hence the word "caution" instead of "truth"

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Well... I mean, I'm glad you care, and you make a perfectly valid point about the caution, but it's still not the same situation. We don't even HAVE a new leader. The entire revolution was leaderless - that's what makes it different from any other revolution we've had, and most revolutions in history. It was just spontaneously decided by the people for the people. The main idea wasn't even changing the leader, either. It was a change of regime. It was only when a change of regime became impossible without changing the leader that our goals changed. Sorry for being iffy about it, I'm just pointing out the technicalities.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I must work harder! Napoleon is always right!

by Anonymous 13 years ago