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Even if you are right (I don't know), and history would be exact science (it is not), that nobody would want to rewrite to they own benefit, the writer makes a
by lez 12y ago
Even if you are right (I don't know), and history would be exact science (it is not), that nobody would want to rewrite to they own benefit, the writer makes a very good point that should be considered.
There is an ongoing arms race between oppressors and freedom fighters. Both use technology to achieve their goals.
Today it's as true as it was in the medieval era, only the style is different, and the scale is larger.
- IgorPartola 12y agoTo be fair, the analogy is very leaky. The US has shown time and again that arming an oppressed population generally leads to terrible results. On the other hand, giving an oppressed population access to information seems to do much good. So, basically the article would be better if the author skipped the crossbow and guns portion of it and instead simply talked about access to information. I still believe that what is going to bring democracy to the Middle East is not going to be a US invasion, but Walmart and McDonalds (for better or worse).