American complacency

The Americans used to champion democracy in other, somewhat, unfriendly nations, which included the freedom for the people to express themselves, by holding huge gatherings and protest marches. But they were either reserved or grudgingly supported the recent rallies and chaotic demonstrations that happened in ‘friendly’ countries like Egypt, Tunisia, Bahrain and Yemen. They, explicitly, approved the protests in non-friendly countries such as Iran and Libya.

They thought such nonsense would not happen in their country, the great United States of America. Their nation would be always the leading example of full democratic rule, which the citizens understood well.

But alas! That was not to be! On Thursday, November 17, 2011, hundreds, if not thousands, of people gathered at the New York Stock Exchange, and the streets and subways of other cities to protest the bad economic situation and systems in the country. They called it Occupy Wall Street protests.

Wonder whether that was just a beginning. Hopefully, nothing follows.

No, I am not belittling the Americans. Just pointing out the turn of events. In this world of ours, nothing is certain anymore.