Al Jazeera is reporting an estimated 2 million people are protesting in Cairo, with hundreds of thousands more in Egypt’s other major cities. Way to go, Egypt!
Egyptian President Mubarak has begun to accept defeat, announcing he will step down within 3 months. This will not squelch the uprising, it will only add fuel to the fire. If the people didn’t smell victory before, they certainly will now.
Expect Mubarak to completely capitulate soon. Then the Egyptians can form an interim government, headed most likely by opposition leader Mohammed ElBaradei. After which they’ll initiate a new election using a democratic process approved by the public.
Real democracy, and it didn’t take a trillion dollar war machine to make it happen.
The Tunisians, and now it seems the Egyptians, are showing us a glimpse of what our new technology can do for us. We’re gaining unprecedented means to cooperate and coordinate. When we work together effectively, we can shift the balance of power into the hands of the people. This way, the system will work for us and not the other way around.
Just as these millions in the Middle East are working together to oust their oppressive oligarchies, so too will the entire human race unite and cooperate enough to counterbalance the world’s oppressive leaders: financial institutions and corporations.
A better world is coming. The process has already begun.
