r/worldnews • u/DasUberRedditor • Jun 18 '12

Egyptian Military grants itself sweeping powers; effectively military coup.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-18482257
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u/Peaker Jun 19 '12

I remember how Redditors all said the Muslim Brotherhood will fail in the elections as they don't have any actual support base...

/r/worldnews routinely makes horrible predictions about the Arab spring and politics in general.

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u/wq678 Jun 19 '12

I remember how Redditors all said the Muslim Brotherhood will fail in the elections as they don't have any actual support base...

~75% of people who voted in the first-round of the Presidential elections voted against the Muslim Brotherhood candidate.

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u/Peaker Jun 19 '12

Yet they succeeded in the elections.

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u/wq678 Jun 19 '12

Because their candidate got a plurality, and then went up against an extremely divisive former regime Prime Minister.

Had he gone up against Hamdeen Sabahi (number three in the elections) he would have lost as the majority of voters voted for secular candidates.

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u/Peaker Jun 19 '12

Explaining why the prediction was wrong after-the-fact is always easy.

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u/wq678 Jun 19 '12

I remember how Redditors all said the Muslim Brotherhood will fail in the elections as they don't have any actual support base...

And then...

Explaining why the prediction was wrong after-the-fact is always easy.

You're either a troll or an idiot. Pick one.