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AFAICT many student participants in the revolution thought they were fighting to install a relatively liberal democratic system, but when the regime actually fe
by Nursie 4y ago
AFAICT many student participants in the revolution thought they were fighting to install a relatively liberal democratic system, but when the regime actually fell it was hardline religious groups who were organised enough to fill the power vacuum quickly.
So I'm not sure it was so much the pendulum swinging the other way, as an organised group who were poised to take over when chaos ruled.
But my understanding is limited, so perhaps my view is poorly informed.
- hairofadog 4y agoYou may be right about that… maybe less a pendulum but definitely cause and effect.
- ghufran_syed 4y agoIf only they’d read “the road to serfdom” by hayek, describing why in such situations, “the worst always come out on top”. https://cdn.mises.org/Road%20to%20serfdom.pdf https://cdn.mises.org/Road%20to%20serfdom.pdf https://cdn.mises.org/Road%20to%20Serfdom%20in%20Cartoons.pdf https://cdn.mises.org/Road%20to%20Serfdom%20in%20Cartoons.pd...
- Nursie 4y agoYeah I'm not really sure that's the same thing, it's more about what happens in a power vacuum created during a revolution, rather than being concerned with creeping state power or a general fear of planning or anything that might be considered socialist.