MY PERSONAL THOUGHTS ON EGYPT: If someone asked me, how would you describe the present state of Egypt? My response would be the following: Egypt is a political riddle that is wrapped in one giant practical joke. The people demonstrate their collective capability to overthrow a dictatorial president and go about it all the wrong way. They blundered the moment when they directed so much emphasis on a single head of state. Whenever an entire population blames a single person for all of their pain and suffering, it becomes evidently clear that the revolution itself has no real framework which means that it is drastically short sighted. Ironically, after the revolution achieved its first stage of success, a newly formed government had been formed after the formulation of a brief military junta that never really went away even after the first democratically elected government. Political stigmatism and scapegoating defined the norm of the post-revolutionary Egypt; even after the success of the revolution, the vast majority of the people, namingly the political opposition, purported blind and arbitrary sentiments insisting that the social status quo defining everyday life in Egypt ought to change instantaneously after the Mubarak era. This sad and unfortunate reality can show us just how desperate a national population can get without seeing the need to forge together a pragmatic medium of governance in order to improve the national living standard through gradual yet practical increments; all governments that are born out of a young revolution must universally follow such a concept. Was there a single Egyptian politician who sought the presidency advocate for such governance and support from the people? Whatever happened to the notion of common practical sense in the arena of Egyptian politics? Are the people so naive where they truly believe that material prosperity will start flowing throughout the streets the moment when the old guard is thrown out of office? Even if the post-revolutionary head of state was of the Islamist persuasion, should that be enough reason to denounce, block, and reject every major piece of legislation that Morsi’s government seeks to implement throughout the nation? Morsi is not necessarily a moderate, but just because he does not fit that category does not mean that politically, socially, and economically he did not have the best interests of the nation at heart. Furthermore, how can any president, irrespective of their political orientation introduce any major or dynamic changes in just a year? Shouldn’t the Egyptian people allow the incumbent government to at least serve it’s elected term before the Egyptian people start demanding for a regime change once again? There needs to be a paradigm for change somewhere and this is a paradox which does not need to be philosophical at all; rather, it only needs to be practical and pragmatic so that an ironclad mandate is brought before any elected government which would serve as a recipe for change. Masquerading in the streets beneath colorful protestations is not going to do anything to change the overall posterity of Egypt. If the people by majority are not willing to compromise and allow the implementation of practical pragmatism to rule in a way where common sense can serve as the central basis of government (irrespective of ideological orientation), then after a while the people are going to end up with a government in which they truly deserve, nothing will change in terms of posterity, and Egypt will find itself in a vicious cycle where it will continue to change one dictator for another. The fact that Egypt has returned to being a military junta well over two years after the Arab Spring only proves that the latter was nothing more than a shallow, formless, and fake idea to begin with. The people have a right and moral obligation to learn what it means to wage a revolution in a manner that is both responsible, constructive, and ideally progressive. ©
Posted on: Wed, 03 Jul 2013 22:03:42 +0000
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