snobound wrote:So, basically the revolution removed the intelligencia from the country... leaving those without the means or wherewithall to mount any sort of resistance.
Not the first time. For instance, the Nazis did the same thing when they persecuted Jews and drove many of their best and brightest minds out of Europe; notably Albert Einstein.
This had probably happened since Time immemorial. Shows one of the many reasons why intolerance is a bad idea; it helps lead to societal stagnation and decay.
The Islamic countries will probably one by one collapse of the weight of their own stupidities eventually, just as the Soviet Union did. It'll take rather longer probably because there are so many small individual ones rather than a massive empire like some of them would like, but it'll happen; and Saudi Arabia will probably head the way. What
that will do to the world economy is anyone's guess!
Dare to be different... and make a difference.
To boldly go where no one in their right mind has gone before...