>>5
This.
I think what's been going on is interesting, I think if the people are motivated and educated enough (and in a lot of these cases, it has a lot to do with youth who are university-educated, at home or for a bonus, abroad in a G8 country. They're the ones who are pushing this and if they all stick together and keep the attitude they've had going thus far, they'll make some pretty significant strides toward their democratic goals.
I know this totally plays into recent government's plots to stuff democracy up the middle east's assholes, but as Afghanistan & Iraq proved, people won't accept it if it's forced upon them, precisely because it was forced. It has to happen naturally, which I think is what we're seeing now. Democracy isn't the best solution, but as far as what various people from over the world are willing to accept & abide by, it's the most appealing thing manageable until the generation comes that'll decide to stop fucking around, get along, move on and accomplish greater things already. Like finding out what's beyond the universe.
There's a lot of awesome stuff out there waiting for us to discover it. That's kind of the point of being human, right, it's why we're so special? We can realize and appreciate the epic. Instead of tusslin like schoolboys we should be out there just fucking doing it. God damn. End rant.