Ideology
The ideology of the Egypt NDP was vague, with stated goals of both social justice, and market reform.
The party ceased to be even a left-of-centre social-democratic party shortly after its formation, drifting sharply to the right and becoming a centrist "catch-all/big tent" party for members whose ideologies came from all over the political spectrum. Despite this and its increasingly authoritarian bent, the NDP was a member of the Socialist International up until January 31, 2011, when the embattled party was ousted and expelled from the group.
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“Every sign is subject to the criteria of ideological evaluation.... The domain of ideology coincides with the domain of signs. They equate with one another. Wherever a sign is present, ideology is present, too. Everything ideological possesses semiotic value.”
—V.N. (Valintin Nikolaevic)
“We must conclude that it is not only a particular political ideology that has failed, but the idea that men and women could ever define themselves in terms that exclude their spiritual needs.”
—Salman Rushdie (b. 1948)
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