I'll answer my last question:
http://globalvoicesonline.org/2009/03/0 ... s-in-1987/The currency change caused financial chaos, but not death.
The decision to change the currency was an economic and political decision (marxist). What to change it to was based on astrology and numerology. Claiming that astrology was the cause of the problem is sheer nonsense.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8888_UprisingThe rioting and deaths that followed resulted from pro-democracy students from the Rangoon Institute of Technology. Tech nerds gone wild. They also include terror bombings. Most ... but not all .. of the buddhist and muslim led protests were non-violent.
What are people turning to now that the economy of Myanmarr is bad again?
http://www.myanmar2day.com/myanmar-news ... trologers/