Now, I'm usually one to cover modern political affairs, so today is no exception. Yes, its one of those posts, to all those who don't want to hear it; I promise it'll be lighter next time.
It's common knowledge that the middle east has gone through a lot of changes in the past few years, as a result the political and geographic landscape could change in the next few years. But why, and what is my take on this?
THIS IS MY OPINION AND SHALL NOT BE TAKEN TOO SERIOUSLY
While the news likes to focus on the now and immediate threat, the roots go back much further. To me, it started back in 2003 with the Iraq War. Now many will say the roots go back further, but in terms of unrest this seems to be a catalyst to many modern endeavours. The other main catalyst being the fall of the dictatorships in Libya and Egypt. But what does this have to do with the current ISIS incentive in Iraq and Syria.
As someone from the UK, the news is very determined to label the good and the bad amongst the fighting, while I don't necessarily disagree, it does raise suspicions of whether it could be seen as a form of propaganda to tell us which side to believe. Then again maybe I'm being too critical.
There was a BBC documentary some years back, about the worlds history and its ages. For the final episode, it was called the Age of Extremism. While this seemed weird at the time, I've taken it to heart, for you look at the main wars since 1900 and we see it is extremism that leads the way. So why is this? Our beliefs have not changed but our perception has. I believe that thanks to the rising power of the media the idea of good and bad has become set within our heads.
In no way am I bashing extremism, but with the rise of the opposition with communism and capitalism, less focus was on the nations power and more with its style of government. But I do feel that this was inevitable. Countries may have been run by whoever was more powerful, hence the rise of empires, but now we have got to a point with nuclear weapons that could take out life, it is impossible to be seen as more powerful, so we can be free to express our emotions in our beliefs. This could be a reason for the rise in Riots and coos over the last 100 years, because the deciding power is not the dictator but the peoples will on mass.
So, I feel that this isn't us being repressed to new powerhouses, but should be seen as an age of liberation where our beliefs will shape the world, not by the man with the biggest army, but the man with the strongest tongue. While I admit that this is not always the case everywhere around the world, freedom of speech and democracy has lead to the rise of extremism as it is those most committed to their beliefs that will shout them the loudest. Whether you see this is good or bad, like in ISIS, or Egypt, or in Hong Kong is up to you.
- Well that was long...
- People will probably hate you
- I know -_-
- No-ones probably read it
- I know, but I don't care.
Stand up, not because you have to, but because you can
-|CJ|-
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