Egypt's one and only ever democratically elected president was overthrown by the current dictator, who is supported by the West. He doesn't have any incentive to fix any of Egypt's financial problems and is currently building a palace for himself away from the capitol with a gold throne
The "one and only ever democratically elected president" also had zero incentive to fix any of Egypt's financial problems and ... frankly ... was a terrorist candidate.
Sorry "islamist". Which is to say, he uses violence, massacres and even torture to achieve his political aspirations.
The first thing he did when elected was cancel elections, give himself unlimited power.
Ironically that was part of his downfall. Islamists believe there is only 1 islam. So did Morsi. And tried to ally Egypt to Iran. Tried to ally Egypt to the Syrian uprising (to ISIS, in other words). Islamic extremists in all these places, as it turns out, suddenly and violently disagreed with islam's "only one islam" fantasy, did not want to compromise and preferred to (physically) attack his government, with a few dozen dead as result. He lost control of that situation.
And then it turns out the Egyptian army, government did not like their president cooperating with islamists elsewhere, including Hamas, who were attacking and killing people left and right, with Morsi's support. Also he got terrorists inside Egypt, the "muslim brotherhood" to torture and kill his political opponents.
No offense, but Egypt, Egypt's people and the world dodged a SERIOUS bullet when this guy got deposed. A civil war would have been the minimum consequence of him remaining in power.
> he uses violence, massacres and even torture to achieve his political aspirations.
> The first thing he did when elected was cancel elections, give himself unlimited power.
Exactly like the current dictator of Egypt, El-Sisi the secularist, if you want to put things on that plane...
You act like Egypt dodged a bullet by having their own elected leader killed brutally in a violent coup. But the bullet was fired, and is still being fired on them as they're now led by a leader who is not beholden to them at all.
If Morsi was as terrible as you said and people hated him as much as you claim, he would have lost the next election. But there won't be a next election because the governments you didn't mention, who support the dictator, thought it would be better if Egypt never had another democracy so long as their political objectives are met.
I happen to believe in democracy, and I believe it is the best tool against terrible leaders. You may disagree, but don't try to paint your enemies as violent and irrational when you are the one who thinks force should be used to overturn the will of the people.
