BorLeumBanGerd wrote on 2
nd Feb, 2010 at 4:00pm:
You are CORRECT Tee....Education is KEY!
But with an educated society you WILL have people that will demand, PEACEFULLY OR OTHERWISE, civil rights, freedoms of speech, freedom of assembly and demonstrations. They will DEMAND the goverment do more for the people, they will want the government to provide and improve services like health care or unemployment checks, road, electricity, water, schools and educational programs, open doors and opportunities, they will demand the government to STOP and END Chinese and Vietnamese influence, they will speak out agains CORRUPTION....etc, etc,
EDUCATED PEOPLE YES! But LAOS will still be a socialist and communist authoritarian rule! Like you said earlier, those in power don't want to lose that power!
So having said all of that, DO YOU REALLY THINK THE GOVERNMENT WILL LET THE PEOPLE PROTEST AND DEMAND FOR CIVIL RIGHTS and all other services?
Look what happened to China in Tiananmen Square in 1989! It started out as a peaceful studen rally, demonstrations for democracy and civil rights.
Let me ask you again...DO YOU REALLY THINK THE GOVERNMENT WILL LET THE PEOPLE PROTEST AND DEMAND FOR CIVIL RIGHTS and all other services?
Not so easy to answer this one though huh? Sacrifices NEED to be made for the GOOD OF ALL PEOPLE AND FOR THE GOOD OF THE COUNTRY!
Do you really think an aggressive, totalitarian, authoritarian communist government, allow this to happen?
I'm NOT saying it CAN'T happen, but it will NOT be easy!
I have faith, we will get there..Internet has open the door to Laos as you know no one can block the WWW. people in Laos can judge they own faith, when time arrive, we would see that happening. I just hope to see it in my life time!
I would be going home in 3 years time, I would start something small first just to test the market, but I will never sell out every thing, I have here. My plan B, if anything happened in Laos, I can always come back here again. I am not afraid to lose,but more afraid not to try. I got one American Dollars when I got here. If I going to lose some of my wealth, that is not going to kill me. I have give my children the best education I can afford...I am not going to worry about their future. they probably will make more money that me anyway!!!!!!!!!!!!