Morsi’s political incompetence and lack of vision in the face of economic collapse would have been enough to diminish support for his government. But his rejection of pluralism and pursuit of an Islamic dictatorship, exemplified by his efforts to centralize power in the hands of the Brothers and place himself beyond the review of Egypt’s judiciary, proved to be his undoing.
穆斯林兄弟会的穆尔西成为埃及首位民选总统还不到一年，数百万埃及人就走上了街头，引发了导致其下台的军事政变。穆尔西在政治上的无能以及缺少应对经济崩溃之策足以让他的政府的支持丧失殆尽。但他拒绝多元主义和追求伊斯兰独裁——他试图将权力集中在穆兄会手中并让自己获得超然于埃及司法的地位就是明证——才是他的失败因由。