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Originally Posted by roachboy
ace...look. it's not obvious how things are going to play out in egypt. the situation is at an interesting impasse, but that impasse is political.
the economic situation is self-evident.
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You don't seem to get the fact (yes, fact) that economic issues drive politics.
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the wsj line is basically to argue for some imaginary separation between mubarak and capitalism.
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The argument is that Mubarak rule not allowing capitalistic opportunity is the reason for the "revolution".
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and some imaginary capitalism--associated for the editorial writers of wsj (and no-one else) with the united states---is about to somehow rescue folk.
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Right. WSJ = no credibility. Got it.
Why not just give us your list of approved sources?
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but no-one believes that. certainly people in egypt don't. no-one does except maybe people who watch too much american tv and read ibd and wsj editorial pages and like simplicity at the expense of reality.
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Yes, yes, I bet history is full of revolutions over political systems and not things like food - I am just not aware of them.
