Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Tahrir Triage

The protesters in Egypt had their demands met and Mubarak left office.  What did the protesters do?  They came back to Tahrir Square brandishing brooms.  Why? To clean up the mess that had been strewn about after the weeks of demonstrations.  The need was obvious--the place was littered with rubbish--and the people came together to clean it up.  Simple.

How did they ever do this without money?  Doesn't it take a team of janitors, HR personnel to hire and train them, CEOs to manage the revenues and profits to pay for those jobs, and a bunch of politicians to make rules about how to clean up the place?  I guess not.

It's amazing what can be done when people are in touch with the need and have the means to do something about it.

1 comment:

  1. Shows how passionate these people are about taking responsibility for themselves and their country

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