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Rhetorical Analysis Of Towards A True Refuge By Aung San Suu Kyi

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"Light can grow enough to overcome darkness", meaning if we have peace and equality we can overcome the obstacles ahead. However, agreeing to Aung San Suu Kyi's claim in the article Towards a True Refuge, " The greatest threat to global security is not economics but unfair, authoritarian government, because we can't blame the economy for the countries issues. We have to hold the government ans it's leader responsible. We can't have prosperity if they can't move beyond thier self- interests. To begin with, The greatest threat to global security is not economics but unfair, authoritarian governments. As Suu Kyi states in the article, Towards a True Refuge, in lines 4-9, "The greatest threats to global security today came not from the economic deficenes of the poorest nations but from religious, racial (or tribal) and political dissensions raging...". This reveals that we can't blame a country for their economics but can be blame for their religious, racial and political differences; forgetting how to treat people as humans. Suu Kyi also states in the article in lines 21-23" decades of authoritarian rule may have achieve uniformity and obediance but could not achieve long-term harmony or stability". This shows that, yes, while the authoritarian rule have maintained order, they …show more content…
However, this is not true. This viewpoint will only prologue the actual problem until they are force to face it heads on. As stated in the article Towards a True Refuge, lines 15-17 " no amount of material goods and technological know how will compenstate for human irresponsibility and viciousness. Therefore,concluding that nothing will cover up the fact that we are in need of a brighter world that would stop

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