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#socialist democracy

By Hassan Fayed, contributor, EgyptianStreets.com “The Arab Republic of Egypt is a socialist democratic state.” That is what Article 1 of the 1971 Egyptian constitution states. This Article summarizes the chaos that Egypt has long been enduring since the 1952 revolution. Socialism, in Marxist theory, is a stage that eventually leads to communism. It stands precisely against the principles of democracy. The problem with Egypt is that it is a country with no clear definition. For decades, Egypt has been…