Today the sudden fad for actual democracy has pushed Qaddafi into calling in mercs to quell his own people; still they gather in defiance of him.
It's also led to roly-poly slayer of his people Bobbie Mugabe to jail almost fifty people who were watching the footage of the unrest in Egypt as part of a discussion group. He says they were using it as a blueprint to plan a similar uprising against his rule. Their ultimate fate looks bleak, but may serve as a catalyst for the very unrest Big Bob seeks to crush.
Closer to home Governor Scott Walker of Wisconsin is learning a similar lesson in miniature-push the people too far, exploit and insult them too many times from behind your carefully rehearsed rationalisations and they'll come and camp on your lawn. Genuine democracy is back on the menu all over the place despite the usual methods of repressing it. Ignore it at your peril.
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