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February 17, 2013

In Egypt, the Kids Are Not All Right

David Ignatius, Washington Post

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What are these hooligans telling us about the future -- not just in Egypt but also in other nations where authoritarian leaders have lost their power to repress dissent by angry young men? The teenage marauders seem to have lost respect for the world of their fathers -- and for the forces of social control that were woven through traditional societies such as Egypt.

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