RE: First Post

As many of the previous blog posts have stated the main reason that the region of MENA has a resistance to democracy has a lot to do with being uninformed about the main goal of democracy. Because the people of the region do not have the necessary knowledge and understanding on how to built an effective democracy that can withstand hardship, there is this “resistance” to it. The main causes for such resistance include first and foremost the status of the civil society which usually results from the lack of communication with their government. Specifically for Egypt and Tunisia Bellin presented the idea of “repression of civil society” as well the idea of the power the state has to erase whatever other groups or organizations presenting itself in a way that might threaten the government's place. And because of how isolated region there is always a sense of dependency that the civilization has on the government. The state controls everything that happens and most of the information given to the public because of that I truly believe that is where the lack of progress comes from. The state is too busy solidifying their control and making sure that the society stays weak is why individuals perceive the region as a weak state. It’s not that they necessarily are, it’s because the society really has no space to move forward and break away from their dependency.