There was a chart floating around recently showing that the number of people actually dying in violent conflicts has been going down steadily for at least several decades. Seemed a bit counter intuitive to me, as the number of conflicts was supposed to have risen for the last 2 decades, but I imagine both number runs are a bit selective.
Mostly I've been following the Arab revolts through NPR, Andrew Sullivan, and some big chunks of Al-jeezera, but its hard to feel sanguine about how all it's going to be in the long term. Ukraine, the Palestinian Authority, & Lebanon (just to name a few) all show that 'democracy' is a very messy process indeed, to put it bluntly.
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A bit random, but
Date: 2011-02-22 08:42 pm (UTC)Mostly I've been following the Arab revolts through NPR, Andrew Sullivan, and some big chunks of Al-jeezera, but its hard to feel sanguine about how all it's going to be in the long term. Ukraine, the Palestinian Authority, & Lebanon (just to name a few) all show that 'democracy' is a very messy process indeed, to put it bluntly.