Eygpt Part 2

I may have been wrong. I had previously posted the opinion that Egypt's revolution would not meet the demands of the participants.

Last night on TVO ( arguably the best TV station in Canada) on the program "The Agenda" ( arguably the best news program on TV) there was a great discussion on Egypt. All of the 5 panelist had deep roots in the Middle East and three had been born in Egypt - which gave the discussion an air of authenticity.

One of the comments made some sense to me. First this is a conservative revolution - people want to re-build the capitalistic democracy that once existed. They may be content in at least the short term in some sort of modified democracy - not like we think we have in the west  - but something close.

While I am not ( as you may have guessed) a fan of capitalistic democracy - this approach gives me some hope that there is not a revolution happening but some form of speeded up evolution of the political process. Perhaps the Egyptians have found a route to stability and some minor growth in terms of financial security with out the bloodshed. Perhaps this can be a route to a social democracy. If so - good for them. It is time there were some new ways of doing business.