The world is transforming. Anthropologists argue that the amount of changes the world has witnessed in the last hundred years is much more numerous and significant than what it has seen in previous centuries. There is a bombardment of information like never seen before. Today, subcultures exist that were previously unknown to sociologists. There are technological revolutions that have changed the nature of human interaction, growth and development. There are political triggers and catalysts that have not been foreseen by political theorists. The societies that exist today function on completely different coordinates than before. In this evolving landscape, various theories and perspectives emerge that seek to explain the confusing and effervescent nature of the political change and revolutions that have made their way into our lives, especially over the last hundred years or so. As superpowers create and destroy smaller countries, leagues of nations decide the future of millions of people, committee by committee are formed to form and reform, wars are fought for capital interests, and commodities replace human lives, those of us who watch the blood spill our televisions try to make sense of the chaos. Who are the protagonists of this global stage? Whether it's seeing the power of technology that has made its way into the world through Europe (i.e. the World Wide Web that was born in Schern, Germany) or trying to grasp the idea of massive naked capitalism and of a simultaneous entrepreneurial spirit created by the United States of America establishing financial institutions around the world, theorists have tried to understand the social, geographical, political and economic role... middle of paper... takes decades to recover. Once countries are immersed in war for decades, it takes centuries to get back on their feet. The people of Syria and Egypt have taken to the streets, aware that their cause is noble, but as Mahatma Gandhi said: “What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans and the homeless, if the mad destruction is carried out under the name of totalitarianism or in the holy name of freedom or democracy?” It is known that all politics is power politics. What is happening in Syria and Egypt, crippling their economies and crumbling their infrastructure, is a struggle for power by those who have managed to deceive the masses for noble causes. There is no nobler cause than peace, yet wars exist in the name of peace. It's similar to the idea of war on terrorism – the way politicians simply forget that war is terrorism.
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