Dragon Whisper

Every major city throughout the globe was experiencing major rallies and demonstrations this weekend, some violent, peaceful and some joyful and fun. These demonstrations have all one thing in common: everyone is demanding the punishment of bankers and the abolishment of the current banking system. But how serious are these demonstrations?

The characteristics of these rallies are typical to all demonstrations and movements of the past, they all have demanded equality in some shape or form and these demands are usually expressed as rights. Women rally because they want to have equal rights to men, Afro Americans want the right to be equal to the white Americans, then you have religious rights and so forth.  From all the rallies and demands that have occurred from mass protests in the past, the only ones that have achieved their goals have been movements that have had a leader.

Martin Luther King was a leader, he was a man with a vision  and a clear goal. He was eloquent, educated and willing to die for his vision, which in turn, inspired most Afro Americans to support him—and  he got what he wanted—he died for his vision and  obtained rights for his fellow Afro Americans. Similarly, Susan B. Anthony of the woman suffrage movement. An active leader able to grant rights to women for their children and property.

On the other hand, you had the movements of the hippies in the 60s, which accomplished absolutely nothing because they had no leaders.

Now this current movement against the banking system against inequality and austerity is also about rights—the right to be financially equal—but these demonstrations lack one thing: a leader, someone with a vision. Usually when a huge number of people express their frustrations and wish for change, the opposition parties tend to support these people. I have not noticed any opposition party supporting any of the rallies or participating in them. This lack of participation from the opposition ultimately shows that both the ruling party and the opposition party share the same political visions.

There has been one very unconventional leader  and that has been the World Wide Web. The rallies in Egypt, New York, London, have all been organized through Twitter and Facebook, reflecting the power of globalization and instant communication. Social websites make it easy for everyone to get connected and share their frustrations. It is to be seen if movements still require a leader to achieve goals and change, or, if the world wide demonstrations are capable of achieving all of their demands through Twitter and Facebook.

Movements without a leader can quickly turn to uncontrolled movements, leading to anarchy and chaos. The law of nature says that uncontrolled forces always turn into chaos. The flash anarchy ion London two months ago might have been a preview of whats next to come.