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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-28-11 05:51 PM Original message |
So what is driving this ahem "disturbance" in Egypt |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-28-11 05:53 PM Response to Original message |
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redwitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-28-11 05:57 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Eventually people do get fed up. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-28-11 06:09 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Your view is supported by oodles of social science research |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-28-11 06:13 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. It's a good point. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-28-11 06:16 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Even here this is possible |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-28-11 06:17 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. actually, that research is about a dramatic *increase* in expectations -- that isn't met. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-28-11 06:11 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. "slums" is too easy; it explains nothing. |
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redwitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-28-11 06:21 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. Living in a slum means you cannot afford basic necessities, no? |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-28-11 06:27 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. I'll add a note |
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LiberalLoner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-28-11 06:32 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Thank you Nadine...I have seen Mexico and I have seen Egypt - and |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-28-11 06:36 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. I know the Mexican slums in the north are pretty well off |
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LiberalLoner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-28-11 06:37 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. I admit I have only seen the north...San Carlos is as far south as I got...n/t |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-28-11 06:37 PM Response to Reply #12 |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-28-11 06:34 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. there have been slums in egypt since before forever. |
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LiberalLoner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-28-11 06:35 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. But there has not always been widespread hunger and starvation in Egypt until recently. n/t |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-28-11 06:39 PM Response to Reply #16 |
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LiberalLoner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-28-11 06:43 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. Oh, yes, the food prices rising is an awful thing...makes me so angry that the |
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LiberalLoner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-28-11 06:10 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. But the extremely wealthy did not exist to this extent, even twenty years ago |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-28-11 08:24 PM Response to Reply #1 |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-28-11 08:25 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. yes. |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-28-11 08:35 PM Response to Reply #40 |
42. Meanwhile, the OP thinks the poor little misunderstood gangster banksters are not responsible for |
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Brickbat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-28-11 05:55 PM Response to Original message |
2. May I offer you a cough drop, Dolores? |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-28-11 05:56 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. '''''WHOOSHHH''''' |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-28-11 06:34 PM Response to Original message |
14. How are we suppose to provide an answer to this when no one is |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-28-11 06:37 PM Response to Reply #14 |
20. Part of that actually is education of women |
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LiberalLoner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-28-11 06:40 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. Yes. Egypt's GDP has grown but the population grows faster. It will be |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-28-11 06:44 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. I know |
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LiberalLoner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-28-11 06:48 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. I know this has nothing to do with anything and is worthless drivel on my part... |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-28-11 06:57 PM Response to Reply #22 |
31. Egypt's total fertility rate = 2.89 children per woman, slightly above zpg of 2.1 children per |
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Scruffy1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-28-11 07:03 PM Response to Reply #31 |
34. the overpopulation myth covers most neoliberal sins. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-28-11 07:10 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. The first person to talk about this |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-28-11 07:12 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. simplistic bullshit. |
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LiberalLoner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-28-11 07:29 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. +1,000 n/t |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-28-11 06:41 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. what bullshit. there are a million ngos running around every third world country on the globe |
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bhikkhu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-28-11 09:57 PM Response to Reply #20 |
47. Yes, and I wish we tied more of our foreign aid to that |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-28-11 09:58 PM Response to Reply #47 |
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Whisp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-28-11 06:49 PM Response to Original message |
27. omg I never thought of that |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-28-11 06:58 PM Response to Reply #27 |
32. Well this is beyond just unhappy people |
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Johonny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-28-11 08:15 PM Response to Reply #32 |
38. I agree |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-28-11 09:09 PM Response to Reply #38 |
44. no it's not. |
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Tatiana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-28-11 06:50 PM Response to Original message |
28. A young man set himself on fire. He could not subsist. |
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LiberalLoner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-28-11 06:52 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. Yes, yes. There is a big difference between "poor but still have food to eat" and |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-28-11 06:56 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. BINGO! |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-28-11 07:01 PM Response to Reply #30 |
33. lol. no, we have seen packaging shrink. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-28-11 08:29 PM Response to Original message |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-28-11 08:46 PM Response to Original message |
43. It's about the Elite's "third world Egypt" and "third world America" .... |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-28-11 09:23 PM Response to Original message |
45. When people are THIS angry, it's not just about one thing... |
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Fire1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-28-11 09:29 PM Response to Original message |
46. By George, I think you've got it!! n/t |
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burrowowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-28-11 10:40 PM Response to Original message |
49. When will Americans also |
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OnionPatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-29-11 02:04 PM Response to Original message |
50. When I was there some 15 years ago |
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