What is the most powerful thing in the world?
Money? Influence? Or is it people? Recent happenings in the world, most namely Egypt would demonstrate that it is in fact, the latter. The power of protest is immeasurable; even the strongest of regimes is vulnerable.
It just makes you wonder how different things could have been, had the student population of the UK had kept things as calm as the Egyptians did. I’m not saying that merely standing their ground in the capital would have convinced the powers that be to keep tuition fees as they were, but smashing up London and attacking royalty probably wasn’t the best idea.
As encouraging as it is for world democracy, it’s also very worrying; especially for governments. A protest, (conducted in the correct manner of course) can make very dramatic changes.
The people of Egypt were protesting for democracy, something that many of us take for granted. Anyone who has the right to vote should exercise it.
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