Lebanon should be a place of total chaos. Nothing should work and every one should be in despair. The evidence to this are several but the most crucial one is the Government, or the lack of it, since we all know that Peace, Prosperity and Freedom comes from Democracy and that Democracy comes from a Government.
Coz in Lebanon, sometimes there is a government, sometimes not. Former or latter doesnt seem to matter tou coz the real politics and power struggles are happing elsewhere.
GOVERMENT OR NO GOVERNMENT. SALE. PRACTICE PEACE.
When there is a government in function not much are being done for the benefit of the country or it’s people. The roads are terrible and there are frequent and never ending electricity cuts so when driving on the bumpy roads at night the only light to guide you are the neon signs of Mc Donalds and Super Nightclubs (where you can get yourself a lapdance and/or a whore).
Corruption is King, hence rules, regulations and laws apply differently depending on who you know and who you are (and who your daddy is).
The population consists of many different types of christians, sunni and shia muslims. They call themselves Palestinians, Armenians, Arabs and “Phoenicians”. They all fought each other in the 15 year long civil war.
The country is officially in a state of war with Israel.
But. Since the government doesnt care about the people, the people doesnt care much about them either. Everyone is doing pretty much what they want to do, and they do it their way. They rely not on the government but themselves and their families in order to live their lives.
The reason to why it works is actually quite simple: The people WANTS it to work, so they MAKE it work. And come to think of it, isn’t that the true meaning of democracy: A country ruled by it’s people?
Stockholm - Beirut 