Thread: Is the EU attempting to circumvent democracy?

Originally Posted by Omnis Dei

It seems like the world is begging for some kind of revolution

Have you read or heard of The Fourth Turning? It's a book that postulates a 4-generation cycle of history in the West (and America in particular) that's been going on for at least the past several hundred years. Every 80 years or so, there's a major revolution or conflict. The last one was the Depression/WW2. Before that it was the Civil War, and before that it was the American revolution.

It's been about 80 years...

Originally Posted by Xei

The revolution against Mubarak was only successful because the army stood aside. Now they're revolting against the army... it's hard to be optimistic.

It's worse. It was successful because the army actively defended the protesters.