Another Way or the Highway

Armenia and Armenians behaved irresponsibly during the past 30 years and now they are paying the price. Our leaders and people were too indulgent of corrupt oligarchs, incompetence and a casual attitude to state building ( over reliance on Russia which has its own larger agenda, underestimating the growing power of Azerbaijan etc), when they knew full well that were surrounded by murderous enemies. The Diaspora was no less irresponsible, busy with petty squables, assimiliation and accumulating personal wealth but not community wealth, instead of creating vibrant, organized communities. Armenians were not able to produce visionary leaders to rally Armenia and the Diaspora. I am not defending Pashinian but unfortunately he is fairly typical. He is one of us.
I thought that after 1915, Armenians collectively would take a long, hard look as to where they want to be in 2015 and act accordingly. The last 30 years since independence was a particularly important period which was squandered. Now we need serious people to think about where Armenians want to be in 2115, and start acting accordingly. This has to be a multi generational effort to revive Armenia and its communities.