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As long as Egyptians attribute the economic hardships they are suffering , and the concomitant state repression it necessitates, to #Sisi, there will be no substantive change. One leader after another can be blamed and deposed, and the illusion of change will temporarily satisfy the discontent of he people.

Protesters have a habit of saying things like “they can’t stop us all!” Reality check: yes; yes they can. Your window of opportunity exists in that brief moment of indecision when power is slightly confused and disoriented, right before they conclude upon their course of action on precisely which way they will stop you all.