of recent events
covet after the Tunisians now the Egyptians, who are former have taken as a model, against their government. You stand against corruption and oppression. They want to change the system, one might say in everything! Democracy and equality demand the two countries in North Africa, the continent that is marked for centuries of corruption and exploitation by elite power groups. Africa is the problem child number one among all the continents of the earth. Certainly still rich in natural resources. But politics are still unpredictable and at international level almost useless. The roots of this situation are, in my opinion, far back in the colonial era, when the European powers, regardless of the original inhabitants and those of culture, the continent are easy as a pie divided among themselves to increase their own economic capital, to work on eliminating rare raw materials. This era has left its mark to this day on this continent. We Europeans are frankly far from innocent when it comes to the miserable political state of the Hemisphere. Yet this is the fact that these countries will ausgbeutet up today for our prosperity. They talk only no longer of "imperialism" or "slave labor". But basically nothing happens after another before. Above terms are simply expressed in other words, it describes you or sent to maybe even find something positive in it. The plan of a proposed in the Sahara, giant solar power plant to deliver the clean, environmentally friendly power to Europe builds wonderfully on to the idea. Naturally, the African countries that are involved in the project, come at their expense. But how big their share of the profits will be really, I doubt very much.
In Tunisia and Egypt, it is rather less for raw materials, as clearly much more concerned about the participation of citizens in state policy. That it has been the Tunisians to overthrow their government, the Egyptians were probably prompted me to put in their own country and take action. And in his own way reminds me of what happened down there on the other side of the Mediterranean, very of what happened here in Europe some 200 years ago. Namely the struggle of citizens to education and participation, freedom and the overthrow of the ruling power groups. Tunisia and Egypt are two countries that were ruled for years as presidential republics. Outwardly, and on paper so that the Western form of government met the requirements of a modern state. That it looked different but internally will probably surprise no one.
I believe there are just in the countries around the Mediterranean, which do not belong to the EU, the Middle East in recent years and decades an active interest in the western democracy. I would call because especially Turkey, which is trying for years to meet Western standards, as well as Iran, where it was almost two years after the election of Ahmadinejad to bloody street battles . I do not think I'm wrong when I say that these people would like to change their fate. Maybe even really seek something like a Western democracy. The road is still very long and has only just begun. To what extent countries in the Middle East and the Mediterranean, which are based on the EU to really change in the next few years, is probably still in the stars.
What is certain to me that we can impose on these people, no democracy. They themselves must do. This is the basic prerequisite for a revolution, violence - if possible - avoid it. That's why I do not believe in building a democracy in Afghanistan. The country makes for itself again is a completely different problem and building a democracy is the public justification for being able to lead this country into war. No, the people themselves must want change.
whether and to what extent one can call but democracy as "the best" form of government, and whether this would all be better, I will not say here. We see in our own country, that democracy obviously means nothing more than every four years a to make miserable little cross on a miserable note. And to choose the smallest of all evils and hope that it will be better. This is far from real activism. It's more a kind of lethargy or poltische resignation that prevails here on the part of the population. It should be young, aufkeimenende states in the East rather not take as an example.
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