Although Egyptians are getting the unprecedented opportunity to pick their next leader (and just barely; the Supreme Constitutional Court nearly moved to disqualify one of the two candidates yesterday, and did invalidate one third of the members of parliament) voters have the unenviable dilemma of choosing between an antirevolutionary, neoliberal military man, Ahmed Shafiq, and a counterrevolutionary, neoliberal Islamist, Mohammed Morsi. This has left revolutionaries and their supporters in a double bind: participation means effectively voting against the revolution, but boycotting the ballot could undermine the democratic process.
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