OOO Morsi is being a trouble-maker.
I am very interested to see if this development will turn the new thought process of Prof. Hardig's friends in Lebanon once again.
The French Revolution and the Cuban Revolution, both had these same outcomes. A democratic revolution leads to the voting in of a popularly supported leader. Then power is centralized to protect the revolution and they become dictators too!
If we have seen this in history before, than why is it happening again. Why do people believe this revolution to be any different? From the reaction of the people, I am hoping that this will be different and that the people will revolt again and assure that they will not stand for centralized power.
We can see this going down two paths- Cuba or France.
If it goes down the path of Cuba, Morsi will become just another dictator. Egypt will continue to oppressed, if not further.
If it goes down the path of France, Morsi will still become a dictator. The hope of this though, is that it will not last. The mantra, "If at first we don't succeed, try try again." is fitting to the mentality in Egypt. This revolution has not been a 100% success but most never have been. Try Try Again. If the people keep pushing for complete democracy, then they will eventually recieve it, even if it takes some time.
I also see the situation in Egypt similar to those in the past in Cuba and France, but I'm hoping that the people of Egypt will persevere and revolt against Morsi and the signs of dictatorship that he is showing. The news powers that he has declared are under the guise of "temporary," but as we have seen in the past, a dictator's definition of "temporary" is very different from the common person...hopefully Egyptians will not give up yet. I believe they can still gain democracy, but it will take time and continued effort. The passion of their initial revolution must rollover into this new opportunity for revolt.
ReplyDeleteIt is quite unfortunate that Morsi has attempted to grab the crown of absolute power. I expected this somewhat, knowing the organization he is a part of, the Muslim Brotherhood (which aims to "Islamize" society, has not seemed to become any more moderate than when it was founded in the early 1900's. The Egyptians really didn't have much of a choice though- it was either the less moderate Muslim Brotherhood candidate or a candidate that was closely associated with Mubarak. In other words, a potential dictator, or... a potential dictator. I personally would have rather had the somewhat Liberal/secular (for lack of better words) Mubarak-associate than (who I perceive as a radical) Morsi, but hey, not everything always works out.
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