http://www.deliberatelyconsidered.com/2011/02/who-lost-egypt/ Informed reflection on the events of the day Wed, 15 Jul 2015 17:00:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.4.23 http://www.deliberatelyconsidered.com/2011/02/who-lost-egypt/comment-page-1/#comment-5556 Mon, 21 Feb 2011 17:29:57 +0000 http://www.deliberatelyconsidered.com/?p=2522#comment-5556 It seems highly doubtful that governments are “duly, if not fairly” elected under conditions of repression and fear, with major media organs being controlled by the state, and with laws passed intended to hinder the oppositions ability to organize. Given these facts, it is not surprising that an extremely unpopular dictator received 88.6 percent of the vote in the last presidential election, and that only 23 percent of the population turned.

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