Egypt needs a revolution.<\/p>\n
Wait, isn\u2019t that what happened two years ago? Not really. It is now clear that what happened two years ago was more musical chairs than revolution. First the army, using the energy of the youth-led protesters in Tahrir Square, ousted Mubarak, and then the Muslim Brotherhood ousted the army, and now the opposition is trying to oust the Brotherhood. Each, though, is operating on the old majoritarian politics \u201d\u201d winners take all, losers get nothing….<\/p>\n
\u201cThe other day,\u201d\u009d [Ahmed el-]Droubi said, \u201cI was standing on a main intersection in downtown Cairo, where two one-way roads meet. As I stood there, I saw cars going both ways down both one-way streets \u201d\u201d cars were coming and going in four different directions \u201d\u201d and other cars were double-parked. I was standing next to a shop owner watching this. \u201d\u02dcThis is a complete mess,\u2019 he said. \u201d\u02dcNo one has any civic responsibility. They each only care about themselves getting to where they are going.\u2019 \u201d\u009d<\/p>\n