Hosni Mubarak was forced from power by a popular uprising in the ancient country of Egypt, leaving the army in power. During the revolt, the press was full of stories about democracy and hopeful images of revolution. The idea of people rising up to defeat tyranny was intoxicating and it swept across the internet. But how are things going in the country now that the cameras aren’t pointed at them any longer?

While the left tends to romanticize revolution and embrace it as a wonderful means of achieving victory and justice, the right tends to be suspicious of revolutions.  The left views revolution in the misty light of the common people’s struggle against oppression, while the right notes that no revolutions end well for the people involved, often resulting in a situation as bad or worse than the one it replaced.  So while the left was overjoyed watching the Egyptian people rise up and fight for liberty, the right was more cautious in its praise.