Bulgarian uprising?

[Young Master Smeet]

https://theconversation.com/protests-in-bulgaria-the-unnoticed-uprising-15442

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The Bulgarian demonstrations seem increasingly likely to topple the new government, but it is becoming clearer than ever that the problems of the political establishment run to its very foundations. The protests cannot deliver the solution when there is need for radical change in the way politics is practiced. The small victory over the Peevski appointment, however, may serve to bring closer the social and political spheres which have been so profoundly divided ever since the end of single-party rule 24 years ago.

The power of the mob is growing, it seems, and in this case aided by the police, rather than thwarted.  Of course, such mob-power is taking place in a context (as in turkey & Brazil) where democracy means occasional nose counting, rather than an involved/involving intensive process of citizen engagement.  Maybe it's an idea whose time has come.

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