tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9192922.post7021446658928147279..comments2024-03-26T07:51:43.186+00:00Comments on Mabinogogiblog: John Major, Saddam, Blair - and what to do about dictators?DocRichardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08903964792092284406noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9192922.post-82129232201640317852010-01-03T13:44:31.600+00:002010-01-03T13:44:31.600+00:00Yes, but the critical mass thing has to happen. An...Yes, but the critical mass thing has to happen. And it can be tough. Look at what Iran is going through. Look at what the SPG does to peaceful protesters.<br /><br />I'm not being cowardly, just wanting to look at all the aspects.<br /><br />Anyway, we can be working on the Index at the global end, and the bloodless revolution at the same time.<br /><br />I stipulate bloodless. Otherwise it's me and my colleagues who have to do all the sewing up.DocRichardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08903964792092284406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9192922.post-73483571212531019302010-01-03T02:33:11.734+00:002010-01-03T02:33:11.734+00:00"But do we have to therefore just tolerate di..."But do we have to therefore just tolerate dictators, no matter what they do, because war just makes matters worse?"<br />Revolution from below. And that need not even mean bloodshed, if it happens suddenly enough - the masses are, after all, the masses, and can therefore take power simply by ceasing to defer to power.Kaze no Kaehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07140378755157499904noreply@blogger.com