[artplumber]

They're just a bunch of folks trying to vote themselves into prosperity (even if Mubarak's billions were distributed to everyone, the long-term prospects aren't too good for those youngsters to keep working - just too many of them).

Reminds me of the US or any other democracy:
“A democracy is always temporary in nature: it simple cannot exist as a permanent form of government. A democracy will continue to exist up until the voters discover that they can vote themselves generous gifts from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority will always vote for the candidates who promise the most benefits from the public treasury, with the result that every democracy will finally collapse due to loose fiscal policy, (which is) always followed by a dictatorship.”