| | Different people want different things. There are some people who want Mubarak to stay because they feel that would protect something (the status quo, their personal economic status, no Sharia, etc.) But among the protesters the vast majority want him gone.
The Muslim Brotherhood people want a Caliphate with global Sharia. Some of the protesters want to implement socialism or communism. Some of the protesters want change in their economic well-being (more jobs, better pay, cheaper food, etc.), some of the protesters want their civil and individual rights recognized (things like being able to field a candidate for office and vote for him, an end to torture, the right to not be jailed at whim, freedom of speech, of assembly, and of press. Some people want an end to corruption, and some people want to return to a state of war with Israel.
Mubarak has become the target (and for many good reasons). They project the anger and the frustrations of their lives on him and his leaving is seen as the doorway to what they want, and an end to what is wrong with their lives. For others it is a calculated means to an end and their hatred is for Capitalism and representative democracy - their agenda is hidden from sight, but Mubarak-as-target works just as well (they need chaos and immediacy to shift to their real agenda).
By focusing on this single concrete - "Mubarak, go away!" they can all unite despite totally different end-goals.
The army remains the key. If they manage to hold the country together, without chaos, with a minimum of immediate change, so as to allow for a stable structure - but one that provides more protection of rights, less corruption, and time to implement fair elections - things will be good. Egypt's history indicates it will use a figure-head to work through. If they impose military-controlled totalitarianism to avoid chaos, they are just postponing the revolution. If they don't act, or suffer a severe internal split - and chaos results, we will see a different sort of totalitarianism - either straight-up socialism, or more likely Islamic Socialism, or, down the road, an Iran-style theocracy. And it is even possible that the revolution in Egypt can trigger sister revolutions and launch the formation of a middle-eastern Caliphate.
I don't think we can tell from where we are now whether we are looking at what will become a minor event in history, except perhaps for the Egyptians for a time. Or, if it is one of the major turning points in world history.
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