tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10856048.post5126892613871088470..comments2024-03-12T12:23:10.033-04:00Comments on Secular Perspectives: Post-Revolutionary Egypt: Mubarak's Exit and Foreign InterventionUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10856048.post-29611592690083616962011-02-15T21:57:06.357-05:002011-02-15T21:57:06.357-05:00A challenge for "Post-Revolutionary Egypt&quo...A challenge for "Post-Revolutionary Egypt" is how it will deal with certain global pressures. Some of this was described by Naomi Klein in her "The Shock Doctrine" which argued that authoritarian governments like Mubarak's have been a necessary ingredient in imposing conservative policies that increase inequality and reduce the income of working people in favor of a small elite of the rich.<br />A specific example of the pressure is the influence of global governance organizations like the IMF who pushed "neoliberal policies" and the Washington consensus. Hosni Mubarak tenure saw some foreign investment which comes with playing this game. It profited some, but increased the inequality and selective poverty that characterizes the lives of Egyptian working class people. So the revolt against Mubarak’s regime was/is partly a revolt also against underlying neo-liberal policies of the global community. These come with inequality and the capitalist power of global governance, which encourages and disciplines national security governments in the Near East and globally. So a major question is how to change this aspect of Egyptian system within the overall global system. Latin America and parts of the East seems to be moving in this direction so it may be possible.Gary Berg-Crosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00104267265989624672noreply@blogger.com