Myanmar Protests 2021
If anyone has been following the stories out of Southeast Asia, you have heard of the protesting in Myanmar. Over the last few decades the protesting has become more and more intense. So much so, until there was a full blown military coup in Feb 2021.
The properly elected civilian government was replaced by their military. As a matter of fact just after the election there dozens of their politicians were taken hostage. This has been a real hot spot for protests.
Last month the local civil workers went on strike against the military coup. Teachers, police, and fire fighters, hotel workers, and transportation workers all went on strike. They hoped that the strike would force the new military government to put civilians back in control.
It didn't work. The new round of protesting is being led by doctors and nurses that work at the local hospitals. They claim not to have a political stance, but only want the violence to stop.
The health care worker strike is to wake up both sides of the argument in an attempt at peace. As some of you may now the political violence in Myanmar is extreme. They have been known to round up the opposition and force them to their knees in the street before being executed.
Their are hundreds of videos of the carnage on the internet. The image is almost always the same. A man on a bullhorn waiving a pistol in the other hand.
Then he stands behind one of the political prisoners and puts the gun to the back of their head. He pulls the trigger and is cheered on by the rest of the crowd. The violence seems senseless, but has become the norm.
Right now their are dozens of fortune five hundred companies fleeing China for places like Myanmar. I'm sure the cooperate world is praying they can come to grips with some type of common ground. Places like Cambodia and Vietnam have gone through their tough times and now are open to world business.
In the past they had been known for having communist governments. Socialism just seemed to loom over their heads and not go away. Now companies like Nike, Apple, Amazon, and Lenovo are looking for other places to manufacture products.
Myanmar would be the one of the top locations. China used to hold this tittle but lost their luster over the last few years. The protesting in China had gotten so bad they took Home Depot executives hostage.
They even terrorized Wal-Mart with protests for years before Wal-Mart moved. They eventually found a new home in Mexico. It is going to interesting to see how the rest of this situation plays itself out.
Communism has failed world wide. Myanmar needs a civilian political system to be included into the 21st century. With a military dictatorship in place they will eventually become impoverished and implode.
The humanitarian out cry is tremendous. In this digital age the message of their people is still being heard world wide. The United Nations has called for a full reversal of the military coup.
They have also gone onto condemn the violence. Of course there is only so much they can do. If the democracy is not restored they may next result to sanctions that would surely cripple what is left of their government, and no one wants that.
