Another spillover of a failed revolution, uneven development, marginalisation …and genuine democratic restructuring of society. The absence of prevalent and radical forces that are able to unite the nation and establish a fair distribution of wealth.. The complex character of such a situation in different parts of the world is the focus of Michael Mann’s The Dark Side of Democrac y. “Class conflict has always been important in the development of modern society.” A weak class conflict invites all sorts of other conflicts. It even lays the ground for ethnic conflicts and genocide. Counter-revolutionary and reactionary forces and regional powers always have interests in playing a role in exploiting and redirecting conflicts. Dirar has vowed to use weapons to liberate the Beja people , who are native to eastern Sudan, from “historical marginalisation” by governments in Khartoum. Related Lessons from European history “I will argue that class struggle and its institutionalization—far more
“The West won the world not by the superiority of its ideas or values or religion (to which few members of other civilizations were converted) but rather by its superiority in applying organized violence. Westerners often forget this fact; non-Westerners never do.” —Samuel P. Huntington, The Clash of Civilisation and the Remaking of the World Order, 1996, p. 51