obliteration of the fear factor

Comrade Joseph:  "In a risky alliance, a coalition of Nasserists, leftists, liberals, and Salafists joined the Mubarakist bourgeoisie and the army in overthrowing the democratically elected Mursi in July 2013, a move that has reversed revolutionary gains and restored the Mubarakist power structure while maintaining a high level of popular mobilization (Massad 2013). Indeed, it seems that the most substantial gain that Arab demonstrators have achieved over the past three years across the Arab world, and during what the West has dubbed the “Arab Spring,” is the obliteration of the fear factor."