Tom Friedman clues into the fact that everything has gone to shit in Egypt, meaning this knowledge is now by definition stale conventional wisdom. Congratulations, Egypt.
Oh, and a story in The National gets a link from Boing Boing, meaning we have truly come of age....
Oh, and a story in The National gets a link from Boing Boing, meaning we have truly come of age....
But then Tom, his column that day had to really un needed paragraphs.. the whole thing talks about how Egypt is fucked, then end up with this out of no where factoid:
"But Egypt today is one country with two systems. Along the Alexandria highway, we pass one gated community filled with McMansions — with names like “Moon Valley,” “Hyde Park” and “Beverly Hills.” One has a 99-hole golf complex. They are populated by Egyptians who have worked hard and made money in the gulf or who are part of the globalized business class here. They are entitled to their McMansions as much as Americans. But the energy and water implications of all these new gated communities is also fueling the soaring global demand.
The good news: More Egyptians today can afford to live like Americans. The bad news: Even more Egyptians can’t even afford to live like Egyptians anymore. This is not good — not for them, not for us. "
i thought that was perhaps the only interesting thing in the whole story... nothing new, but an aspect of the egypt is screwed story that doesnt get a lot of play....
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