“All that it takes for evil to triumph is for good people to do nothing.” - Sir Edmund Burke, 1769. This quote teaches us that, there are evil people and good people in the world, but as soon as it becomes easy for the evil people to have there way (because good people don’t stand against it) then evil wins. Today this is relevant in what we see in the Arab spring. Many people were mistreated for years until some people decided to stand up against it. For those years of mistreat no one did anything about it, and so evil prevailed. The protests in the Arab world have done amazing things; from overthrowing horrible leaders, to changing laws, and gaining massive amounts of attention from all over the world. Had the arab people not stood up for themselves, none of this would have happened. They would be in the same horrible state they were five years ago. There is also other examples of this in history, with the rise of Hitler to power. No country wanted to stop him but then it was to late, and we all know how that story goes.
You made a really great connection to the Arab Spring. Isn't it phenomenal how the ideas or actions of a few can really influence the many? And how this can all snowball and grow? Fortunately, in this case, those ideas and actions are the for the benefit of society, but it's easy to see how it could go the other way.
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I really enjoyed reading this post. If good people don't do anything evil really does prevail and the Arab Spring is a really good example of that. You made a good connection between the quote and the Arab Spring. The Arabs did need to stand up for themselves and it's a good thing that change is finally happening. Better now than never.
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