Revolution happens, but men create ideas, systems, solutions

Among the reasons why petite bourgeoisie revolutions like the Arab Spring and March 14 (the date not the right wing Hariri-ite movement) did not work in changing anything (except make things worse) is because the intelligentsia did not form a vanguard party to lead these revolutions. Apart from the outdated, down-right Ottoman-era apparatus of the typical Arab State, the only other power base that can lead people in our part of the world is the religious estate. Sadly, our secular intellectuals prefer the halls of universities where they can bask in the admiration of their students, or the unflattering light of television studios, rather than the jail cell, which is the rightful place of the conscientious intellect that refuses to accept the obscene status quo which has turned our society and political and economic system into a tool of repression, and populated the land with sycophants and yes men who fear their own shadows. Well, what option do a crushed and angry people have? In our middle east, more of the same from their dictators, or, firebrand religious scholars whose message is simple, brutal and uncompromising. ISIS is their hatchling! Revolutionary tendencies are like bowel movements, when you have to go, you have to go! Revolution is not design, it waits for no man, respects only the strong and crushes the fearful, history has taught us as much! Now, we are crushed or on the verge of being crushed, details matter little. Opportunities lost are gone forever.

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