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Interesting. All revolutions are about:
A) an enigmatic political concept
b) the ability to feed your family
So where does, "No taxation without representation" fit into that scheme? Were America's founders having trouble feeding their families? How about the Canadian rebellions that sought to break the family compact's influence on the political realm of Upper and Lower Canada? (I know it's a bit of a stretch to expect your understanding of Canadian history... so I'll help you... they weren't starving).
If you insist on boiling these current protests down to some simple slogan, I would suggest it is more about, "Egyptians taking control of Egypt" than anything else. This encompasses, not only the economic realm but the political levers of power that create those opportunities and allow a nation's forward motion through the collective will of the people, rather than the drive of an individual or some oligarchy. In other words, it's not *just* the economy stupid.
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