Sunday, February 20, 2011

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Words Can you prejudice? Superfreakonomics

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In these days when the Arab world goes deep in a revolution contagious, I have read and heard many comments that warned of the danger of a return nut to radical Islam. The explanation would be given to an inability of Arab societies, underdeveloped and dysfunctional to result in true democracies. In addition, we take for logical that in situations of institutional chaos, those who are better organized can be easier to power. In this way, we look with a certain fatalism and even concern that millions of Muslims to rebel against his / our beloved dictators.
not deny that I shared a few days ago that view. The role played by the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt I was expected to end the Iranian. However, when one takes a glance in the mirror are many reasons for optimism. The first society of which we know about democracy, classical Athens, was a highly unequal society in which women were not just paper (outside of the gynoecium) and in which slavery was a normal institution. In the religious belief in a large cemetery and scientific knowledge, to be well advanced on other cultures, there was hardly comparable to the Europe of the Enlightenment. But they invented democracy.
United States at the time of its birth and growth as a country, it was a dysfunctional society, built on the flood of immigrants from diverse backgrounds and cultures and the political game was a thing of very few. And yet, that democracy flourished and overcame the outdated monarchies of Western Europe, to the extent that it now can afford to give free lessons.
Another look back: was the French Revolution "better" than Arab societies today? I do not think so.
I get the impression that our prejudices will not let us look objective phenomena that are living in that part of the world. It is possible that many of the moves we're seeing in this 2011 in the Arab world will eventually die, but others will be successful because, unlike what happened in the past, Earth has erased the gap in communication is concerned and everyone wants to live in an environment that respects their rights, which knows what to expect when they go to trial or in which law enforcement protect him. In that, an Arab Muslim is not too different from a English or an American. And the tests will fail only wood with which, sooner or later, will ignite new uprisings.

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