Comments on: Positive Prospects in Tunisia and Egypt http://www.deliberatelyconsidered.com/2011/04/positive-prospects-in-tunisia-and-egypt/ Informed reflection on the events of the day Wed, 15 Jul 2015 17:00:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.4.23 By: Christian Flores-Carignan http://www.deliberatelyconsidered.com/2011/04/positive-prospects-in-tunisia-and-egypt/comment-page-1/#comment-6050 Sun, 01 May 2011 04:04:31 +0000 http://www.deliberatelyconsidered.com/?p=4696#comment-6050 It seems that there are several arguments here. These are the easy ones:
1) “If the repressive forces back down before a society is torn asunder, success is more likely.”
2) “. . . so long as there is no revolutionary movement to fill the void, cornering opponents without possessing an organization to take them out freezes the revolt into a position of simply demanding, and then hoping for the best.”

But you also speak of “the grounds for political creativity”. What exactly are the ideal conditions for this? What type of movement is most likely to create these conditions? Finally, what exactly is “political creativity”?

]]> By: Christian Flores-Carignan http://www.deliberatelyconsidered.com/2011/04/positive-prospects-in-tunisia-and-egypt/comment-page-1/#comment-6049 Sun, 01 May 2011 03:20:02 +0000 http://www.deliberatelyconsidered.com/?p=4696#comment-6049 It is counter-intuitive, but I think you’re right. I’ll have to save this post for my Marxist friends.

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