The People's support for dictators vs Muslim Brotherhood

Submitted by sara (United States), Jun 23, 2014 at 21:31

Sigmund,

It would be nice if that were the case, and to some extent it is, but it stems from economic woes and not from ideological differences. People, given democratic opportunities, tend to vote with their pocket books. No bread, electricity, etc is what did Morsi in more than anything else.

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