They were simple people who evidently did not want to lose their small benefits and privileges at the local level of a neighborhood or at the professional level, e.g. their position in Egypt's huge and dysfunctional public sector.
The fact that they were very few in demonstrating and fighting against the regime opponents does not say much; the anti-Mubarak protesters were also few - for a country of more than 80 million people. The reason for which the bulk of the existing supporters of the Mubarak regime did not show up in the events is the traditional Egyptian self-restraint and the overwhelming desire to limit the upheaval in a short and anodyne period of transition.
What happened to Egypt over the past 12 days? Was it a popular insurgence? Was it a real revolution? Was it a machinated fake rebellion? Could it have been avoided? To these questions, I will answer extensively in several forthcoming articles.
As a matter of fact, Mubarak's mistakes must now be avoided by others in many parts of the world - to the benefit of all those who, wishing for the best, can bring forth a far worse sociopolitical situation without even imagining it.
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Picture: the Pyramids of Giza: a diachronic symbol of Egypt
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