Yesterday, we in the US witnessed the birth of a similar movement. You can read about it here:
http://abcnews.go.com/US/parkland-school-shooting-survivor-march-lives-start-revolution/story?id=53981583
You may not see the similarity, possibly for reasons such as these:
- The US students have a different religion than do the Afghani students; and
- The US students are against firearms, while the Afghani students embrace them.
But make no mistake - they are similar movements, and both will be around for a long time.
By the way, the US Taliban also have much in common with Mao Zedong's Red Guards, with the exception (once again) that they are against firearms. But they don't need firearms to accomplish their goals. Mao said that "political power grows out of the barrel of a gun", but today there are three kinds of guns which wield such power:
- firearms (lethal force)
- the barrel of a syringe (drugs)
- the barrel of a video gun (TV)
Our new Taliban eschew the first two, but fully embrace the third.
Here is a very good assessment of what these students actually accomplished:
ReplyDelete"Earlier this month, millions of students across the country were encouraged by the government, mainstream media, and even their own school systems to walk out of class and demand the government take away their rights. It was, by no means, a challenge of authority and, in fact, it was a celebration of it.
"Schools across the country not only sanctioned it, but they supported it and actually punished those who chose to abstain. The walkout was little more than young people conforming to government authority by parroting the government-approved message in a government-approved venue—even at the government-approved time.
"The message was simple: we want this government to take our rights away."
You can read the rest @
https://www.activistpost.com/2018/03/fl-students-who-begged-govt-to-take-their-rights-away-now-angry-govt-took-away-their-rights.html