02-07-2021, 09:19 PM
*** 8-Feb-21 World View -- Violence feared in Myanmar/Burma as pro-democracy protests grow
This morning's key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com
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**** Violence feared in Myanmar/Burma as pro-democracy protests grow
****
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Thousands of protesters in Yangon on Sunday carrying placards with image of Aung San Suu Kyi (BBC)
Myanmar / Burma is seeing its largest protests in more than a decade,
as tens of thousands of protesters demanded that Aung San Suu Kyi be
freed, after she was arrested by the army last weekend during an army
coup. (See "2-Feb-21 World View -- Myanmar (Burma) military coup as army arrests Aung San Suu Kyi government officials"
)
The "problem" that the army has to face is that Suu Kyi has millions
of supporters, as her party won legislative elections by a landslide
in November.
To combat the peaceful protests, the army shut down the internet. The
army shut down internet social media, and then the entire internet,
making it difficult for international observers to know what was going
on, and to prevent protesters from easily communicating with one
another. However, on Saturday, the internet was partially restored,
though social media is still blocked.
****
**** History of violence and atrocities in Burma
****
What everyone fears is the next tactic -- violence.
In October 2007, there were large nationwide anti-army pro-democracy
demonstrations, led by over 100,000 Buddhist monks. These were
demonstrations by the "88 Generation," triggered by an abrupt
government decision to double the price of gasoline. ( "Burma: Growing demonstrations by the '88 Generation' raise fears of new slaughter"
)
Hundreds of activists and citizens were shot dead or burned alive in
government crematoriums. Thousands of Buddhist monks, who led the
protests to begin with, were gathered up and detained. Some were
found floating face down in rivers.
By coincidence, Sylvester Stallone was filming a Rambo film nearby,
and witnessed some of the genocide. Stallone said:
<QUOTE>"I witnessed the aftermath—survivors with legs cut off
and all kinds of land mine injuries, maggot-infested wounds and
ears cut off. We saw many elephants with blown off legs. We hear
about Vietnam and Cambodia and this was more horrific. This is a
hellhole beyond your wildest dreams. All the trails are
mined. The only way into Burma is up the river."<END QUOTE>
The October 2007 demonstrations occurred 19 years after the previous
major nationwide demonstrations, starting on August 8, 1988 (8/8/88),
creating what was called the "88 Generation," led by Aung San Suu Kyi.
Those demonstrations were crushed when the Burmese army fired on
students with machine guns, killing thousands. Suu Kyi was arrested
and put into detention for years.
Atrocities come easily to Burma's army. Since 2011, the army has been
committing atrocities on Muslim ethnic Rohingyas living in Rakhine
State, as I described in last week's article. The atrocities included
gang rape, violent torture, execution-style killings and the razing of
entire villages, in a scorched earth campaign. Aung Sang Suu Kyi
became a "useful idiot" for the army by presenting a sympathetic,
tired, weary, female face to the world to deflect the horrors and
atrocities that are occurring in their country, as I described
in my article.
Suu Kyi appeased the army by becoming a useful idiot, just as
Neville Chamberlain appeased Hitler and the Nazis. In both cases
there were high prices to be paid for being appeasers.
The international community is now waiting to see what will happen
next in Burma. Anti-government pro-democracy protests have been
growing. How long will the army wait before repeating the violence
and atrocities that come as easily to them as smoking a cigarette?
****
**** Similarity between Burma and Washington DC
****
![[Image: g210207c.jpg]](http://Media.GenerationalDynamics.com/ww2010/g210207c.jpg)
Nancy Pelosi has requested thousands of troops in Washington DC, armed with crew-manned machine guns like the one shown above
The problems facing the Democrats in Washington DC are similar to the
problems facing the army in Burma.
The Burmese army has to deal with millions of Aung Sang Suu Kyi
supporters conducting street protests. They've arrested Suu Kyi so
that she can't communicate with her supporters, and they've shut down
internet social media so that her supporters can't communicate with
one another.
The Democrats have to deal with 74 million Trump supporters who,
according to polls I've seen, overwhelmingly support Trump. The
wealthy, powerful "Big Tech" companies have colluded with the
Democrats to shut down thousands of social media accounts to prevent
Trump from communicating with his supporters, and to prevent his
supporters from communicating with each other. This kind of mass
censorship is previously unheard of in America, and suggests that
America is becoming a Stalinist dictatorship.
The Democrats are taking other steps. Joe Biden announced last
week that hundreds of thousands of illegal aliens will be permitted
to enter the United States freely. The apparent purpose is to send
them mail-in ballots in 2022 and instruct them to vote for Democrats.
What about violence? The Burmese army is on the verge of violence as
the only way to handle even peaceful demonstrations by the millions of
supporters of Suu Kiy.
Would the Democrats use violence to control peaceful demonstrations by
the 74 million Trump supporters?
Let's make it a little more specific. Look at the first picture at
the beginning of this article with a mob of peaceful demonstrators
carrying placards with pictures Aung Sang Suu Kyi. Now imagine that
as a crowd of Trump supporters carrying placards with pictures of
Trump, with text reading "Trump - The Real President."
Something like that could actually happen. What would the Democrats
do? Would Nancy Pelosi totally freak out? On January 20, the acting
Deputy Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security Ken Cuccinelli
said that Nancy Pelosi had requested thousands of troops to remain in
DC for months, and she wanted them armed with crew-manned machine
guns. These are the guns used in countries like Burma to kill dozens
of student protesters within seconds. The request was denied, but
this request shows the state of mind of Pelosi and the Democrats.
We also note that Biden is ordering the army to "stand down" so that
"extremists" can be weeded out. To the Democrats, all 74 million Tea
Partiers and Trump supporters are extremists or cultists that need to
be "deprogrammed."
****
**** The state of the world.
****
If you're talking about psychology and madness, it's hard to find any
aspect of today's world that isn't full of madness.
You have full-scale genocide going on in China, as bad as the world
has seen since the 1930s, or worse. China is also annexing or
threatening to annex other regions, as the Nazis did in the 1930s.
There are huge refugee flows around the world. The number of
displaced persons has surged astronomically since 2010.
America is being governed by "big tech" companies, and America is
moving in the direction of a Stalinist dictatorship.
Stock prices are at astronomically high valuations, and global debt is
unsustainable in the hundreds of trillions.
I find the madness of today's world personally overwhelming. To say
that it's a world that is senseless to me is an understatement. I can
understand how King Solomon saw a world of madness and folly and
chaos.
Generational Dynamics is less about predictions than it is about
trends. And the madness and folly and chaos trends are growing worse
every day. These are the trends, and the trends are unstoppable.
Every aspect of today's world is worse than yesterday's world. The
only good news is that today's world is better than tomorrow's world.
If something can't go on forever, then it won't.
People talk about how to prevent World War III. But Generational
Dynamics sees a world that needs World War III. Each day's delay
means that World War III will be even worse.
****
**** Infographic: Refugee flows around the world
****
![[Image: g210207d.jpg]](http://Media.GenerationalDynamics.com/ww2010/g210207d.jpg)
Infographic: Refugee flows around the world surging since 2010 (UNHCR)
Sources:
Related Articles:
[b]KEYS: Generational Dynamics, Myanmar, Burma, Aung San Suu Kyi,
Min Aung Hlaing, National League for Democracy, NLD,
Sylvester Stallone, Rambo, 88 Generation,
Rohingyas, Rakhine State,
Washington DC, Nancy Pelosi, crew-manned machine guns,
China, King Solomon
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This morning's key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com
- Violence feared in Myanmar/Burma as pro-democracy protests grow
- History of violence and atrocities in Burma
- Similarity between Burma and Washington DC
- The state of the world.
- Infographic: Refugee flows around the world
****
**** Violence feared in Myanmar/Burma as pro-democracy protests grow
****
Thousands of protesters in Yangon on Sunday carrying placards with image of Aung San Suu Kyi (BBC)
Myanmar / Burma is seeing its largest protests in more than a decade,
as tens of thousands of protesters demanded that Aung San Suu Kyi be
freed, after she was arrested by the army last weekend during an army
coup. (See "2-Feb-21 World View -- Myanmar (Burma) military coup as army arrests Aung San Suu Kyi government officials"
)
The "problem" that the army has to face is that Suu Kyi has millions
of supporters, as her party won legislative elections by a landslide
in November.
To combat the peaceful protests, the army shut down the internet. The
army shut down internet social media, and then the entire internet,
making it difficult for international observers to know what was going
on, and to prevent protesters from easily communicating with one
another. However, on Saturday, the internet was partially restored,
though social media is still blocked.
****
**** History of violence and atrocities in Burma
****
What everyone fears is the next tactic -- violence.
In October 2007, there were large nationwide anti-army pro-democracy
demonstrations, led by over 100,000 Buddhist monks. These were
demonstrations by the "88 Generation," triggered by an abrupt
government decision to double the price of gasoline. ( "Burma: Growing demonstrations by the '88 Generation' raise fears of new slaughter"
)
Hundreds of activists and citizens were shot dead or burned alive in
government crematoriums. Thousands of Buddhist monks, who led the
protests to begin with, were gathered up and detained. Some were
found floating face down in rivers.
By coincidence, Sylvester Stallone was filming a Rambo film nearby,
and witnessed some of the genocide. Stallone said:
<QUOTE>"I witnessed the aftermath—survivors with legs cut off
and all kinds of land mine injuries, maggot-infested wounds and
ears cut off. We saw many elephants with blown off legs. We hear
about Vietnam and Cambodia and this was more horrific. This is a
hellhole beyond your wildest dreams. All the trails are
mined. The only way into Burma is up the river."<END QUOTE>
The October 2007 demonstrations occurred 19 years after the previous
major nationwide demonstrations, starting on August 8, 1988 (8/8/88),
creating what was called the "88 Generation," led by Aung San Suu Kyi.
Those demonstrations were crushed when the Burmese army fired on
students with machine guns, killing thousands. Suu Kyi was arrested
and put into detention for years.
Atrocities come easily to Burma's army. Since 2011, the army has been
committing atrocities on Muslim ethnic Rohingyas living in Rakhine
State, as I described in last week's article. The atrocities included
gang rape, violent torture, execution-style killings and the razing of
entire villages, in a scorched earth campaign. Aung Sang Suu Kyi
became a "useful idiot" for the army by presenting a sympathetic,
tired, weary, female face to the world to deflect the horrors and
atrocities that are occurring in their country, as I described
in my article.
Suu Kyi appeased the army by becoming a useful idiot, just as
Neville Chamberlain appeased Hitler and the Nazis. In both cases
there were high prices to be paid for being appeasers.
The international community is now waiting to see what will happen
next in Burma. Anti-government pro-democracy protests have been
growing. How long will the army wait before repeating the violence
and atrocities that come as easily to them as smoking a cigarette?
****
**** Similarity between Burma and Washington DC
****
Nancy Pelosi has requested thousands of troops in Washington DC, armed with crew-manned machine guns like the one shown above
The problems facing the Democrats in Washington DC are similar to the
problems facing the army in Burma.
The Burmese army has to deal with millions of Aung Sang Suu Kyi
supporters conducting street protests. They've arrested Suu Kyi so
that she can't communicate with her supporters, and they've shut down
internet social media so that her supporters can't communicate with
one another.
The Democrats have to deal with 74 million Trump supporters who,
according to polls I've seen, overwhelmingly support Trump. The
wealthy, powerful "Big Tech" companies have colluded with the
Democrats to shut down thousands of social media accounts to prevent
Trump from communicating with his supporters, and to prevent his
supporters from communicating with each other. This kind of mass
censorship is previously unheard of in America, and suggests that
America is becoming a Stalinist dictatorship.
The Democrats are taking other steps. Joe Biden announced last
week that hundreds of thousands of illegal aliens will be permitted
to enter the United States freely. The apparent purpose is to send
them mail-in ballots in 2022 and instruct them to vote for Democrats.
What about violence? The Burmese army is on the verge of violence as
the only way to handle even peaceful demonstrations by the millions of
supporters of Suu Kiy.
Would the Democrats use violence to control peaceful demonstrations by
the 74 million Trump supporters?
Let's make it a little more specific. Look at the first picture at
the beginning of this article with a mob of peaceful demonstrators
carrying placards with pictures Aung Sang Suu Kyi. Now imagine that
as a crowd of Trump supporters carrying placards with pictures of
Trump, with text reading "Trump - The Real President."
Something like that could actually happen. What would the Democrats
do? Would Nancy Pelosi totally freak out? On January 20, the acting
Deputy Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security Ken Cuccinelli
said that Nancy Pelosi had requested thousands of troops to remain in
DC for months, and she wanted them armed with crew-manned machine
guns. These are the guns used in countries like Burma to kill dozens
of student protesters within seconds. The request was denied, but
this request shows the state of mind of Pelosi and the Democrats.
We also note that Biden is ordering the army to "stand down" so that
"extremists" can be weeded out. To the Democrats, all 74 million Tea
Partiers and Trump supporters are extremists or cultists that need to
be "deprogrammed."
****
**** The state of the world.
****
If you're talking about psychology and madness, it's hard to find any
aspect of today's world that isn't full of madness.
You have full-scale genocide going on in China, as bad as the world
has seen since the 1930s, or worse. China is also annexing or
threatening to annex other regions, as the Nazis did in the 1930s.
There are huge refugee flows around the world. The number of
displaced persons has surged astronomically since 2010.
America is being governed by "big tech" companies, and America is
moving in the direction of a Stalinist dictatorship.
Stock prices are at astronomically high valuations, and global debt is
unsustainable in the hundreds of trillions.
I find the madness of today's world personally overwhelming. To say
that it's a world that is senseless to me is an understatement. I can
understand how King Solomon saw a world of madness and folly and
chaos.
Generational Dynamics is less about predictions than it is about
trends. And the madness and folly and chaos trends are growing worse
every day. These are the trends, and the trends are unstoppable.
Every aspect of today's world is worse than yesterday's world. The
only good news is that today's world is better than tomorrow's world.
If something can't go on forever, then it won't.
People talk about how to prevent World War III. But Generational
Dynamics sees a world that needs World War III. Each day's delay
means that World War III will be even worse.
****
**** Infographic: Refugee flows around the world
****
Infographic: Refugee flows around the world surging since 2010 (UNHCR)
Sources:
- Myanmar coup: Tens of thousands join largest protests since 2007 (BBC, 7-Feb-2021)
- Myanmar coup: What is happening and why? (BBC, 7-Feb-2021)
- Tens of thousands protest Myanmar coup, internet blackout eased (Al-Jazeera, 7-Feb-2021)
- BREAKINGVIEWS - Myanmar coup does China more harm than good (Reuters, 7-Feb-2021)
- Acting DHS Deputy Head During Capitol Riot Reveals Pelosi Demanded 'Machine Guns' to Be Deployed Against Civilians in DC (Western Journal, 23-Jan-2021)
- Defense secretary will order military-wide stand down to address extremism (Stars and Stripes, 3-Feb-2021)
- Infographic / How many refugees are there around the world? (UNHCR, 20-May-2020)
- China / Xinjiang / 'Their goal is to destroy everyone': Uighur camp detainees allege systematic rape (BBC, 2-Feb-2021)
Related Articles:
- Myanmar (Burma) military coup as army arrests Aung San Suu Kyi government officials (02-Feb-2021)
- Burma: Growing demonstrations by the '88 Generation' raise fears of new slaughter (26-Sep-2007)
- Burma (Myanmar) demonstrations fizzle after violent government response (02-Oct-2007)
- Pompeo bashes China over genocide, virus, Taiwan on last days of Trump administration (20-Jan-2021)
- America and the standard Genocide Playbook (12-Jan-2021)
[b]KEYS: Generational Dynamics, Myanmar, Burma, Aung San Suu Kyi,
Min Aung Hlaing, National League for Democracy, NLD,
Sylvester Stallone, Rambo, 88 Generation,
Rohingyas, Rakhine State,
Washington DC, Nancy Pelosi, crew-manned machine guns,
China, King Solomon
Permanent web link to this article
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