Where is Our Revolutionary Fervor?

[Joanne98]

Eighteen days of revolutionary rebellion and initial euphoria may be over in Egypt as the nuts and bolts work of hammering out a real democracy has just begun.

As been true since it all began, the army (truly magnificent and exemplary) now acting through the "Supreme Council of the Armed Forces" has initiated steps toward that end by disbanding parliament, suspending the constitution and calling for free and fair elections within six months.

Sure there is criticism by a small clique of former protestors worrying whether the army will in fact honor their word and cede control to a newly elected democratic government. From here that is just residue left over from 30 years of oppression and the suppression of dissent exercised by the former regime.

Six months should provide adequate time for parties and candidates to form and organize and give voice to their proposals so they can be presented to the Egyptian people.

http://www.opednews.com/articles/Where-is-Our-Revolutionary-by-Dave-Lefcourt-110214-915.html

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

1. "...all hubris and no substance."

Nailed it.

[dkf]

2. If we had no militarism or corporatism would we have our way of life?

Seems we are dependent on corporations for job creation for as they move jobs overseas we the people have no options to create our own jobs. We expect the benefits to come to us when our corporations exploit the natural resources and labor of the world. When they don't share that is the boiling point.

[bhikkhu]

3. Confused and diffused

We have no "Mubarak" to focus upon, and the real issues are beyond what you can describe in a pithy slogan. In the US the closest thing we have to revolutionary fervor is the teaparty, which is the clever creation of pseudo-libertarian corporatists, composed of the willfully confused.

[Fuddnik]

4. It's been pre-empted by "Sarah Palin's Alaska" and American Idol.

[stuckinarut]

5. There is an inherent difference between...

How the two American political parties view violence.

I see both sides calling for 'Revolution', and neither with a plan for afterwards...

Both parties are bought and sold to the corporate powers, and so are the Americans who blame the gov. for our current problems, while handing those same corporate interests more and more of our wealth, future value and dignity.