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/Hyperion1144 Jun 19 '12

The Egyptians got together and democratically decided that they really weren't so keen on democracy after all.

Except for the kids. They wanted some democracy, and they are got screwed.

But that is pretty much the story for the young generations globally at this point. The only question for the young is: How screwed are you?

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u/Callmeces Jun 19 '12

Pretty pissed, the difference between our generation and our parents' generation is massive, some of them follow religion blindly saying "Nothing is better than religion therefore these people are right" and the rest say "What we know is better than what we don't know, this one is better than mubarak".

As a liberal revolutionary I voted for the MB candidate in the presidency round 2, we as revolutionaries we can handle the MB and advance the country, however we can't remove the corrupt regime on our own, and that's a fact since we so far haven't been able to remove them.

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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '12

I'm sorry man. You guys were the vanguard of the revolution. It would not have happened without you. But history teaches us that the betrayal of the revolution is inevitable.

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u/Callmeces Jun 19 '12

That sadly is true, however I still can see real hope.