Revolution in Egypt: A 4-Minute Introduction
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Uploaded by vlogbrothers on Jan 31, 2011
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In which John discusses the Egyptian protests, which may become a burgeoning revolution in Egypt or may just descend into rioting and looting. Included in the discussion are Egypt's dictator and/or president Hosni Mubarak, the Tunisian protests, the fight for representative democracy, the presence of the Egyptian army, and so on.
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@cocaotheobromida Well, you could SORT OF say that about Bhutan and their King, even though it's not really that true anymore. Bhutan was an absolute monarchy until not long ago and the people love the guy. Now, get this, the man actually lowered HIS OWN power and gave the people the right the vote. And that's not all! The people didn't want that! They actually preferred staying an absolute monarchy, but the King wanted to modernize a bit. Good (former) dictator? I'll say!
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@mcbTelcontar It will be awesomely terrifying.
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@cocaotheobromida Well I suppose it's relative, for example some people would call Vladimir Putin a dictator
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@cocaotheobromida Hm. I imagine so, but there aren't very many in the modern world. Most of the people who are dictators these days became so by disregarding proper constitutional laws, and they're more concerned with keeping their scraps of power than being a good ruler. While there are people who would be good as absolute rulers, they generally have moral scruples that prevent them from become so. Just my thoughts.
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Are there any, you know GOOD dictators? I mean, not good as in interesting, but good as in good? We never seem to hear about them.
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I'm busy imagining the world where Hank Green is a dictator.
I can't decide whether this is awesome, or terrifying.
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hey could u please make a video about the revolution in Syria ? things are getting pretty rough there!!
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Lewis or Louis? I guess Lewis right? Lewis the puppy sized elephant. How jolly.
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This was my first Vlogbrothers video as well...
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etherealaisling 3 months ago 37
maybe a video on Libia's situation... compared to Egypt's, it's kind of a lot more of a crisis!
ButterFingers7924 1 year ago 23