Money and Power Talk _{EGY- Tri-Taboo}

 

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Egypt is a diverse country where there are various social groups. As mentioned in the prelude, there are presently high active roles for these groups in Egypt. The government’s role is not the only one present or the leading one organizing the other contributions from the previously mentioned groups. Therefore, the differences might cause conflicts over hegemony, power or control. Mostly, these groups are funded or supported by agencies with interests to increase their presence/participation in the society. 

Money talks! That could the slogan for any of the conflicting groups except that there could be a more powerful slogan to this one: It is Money and power talk even louder! How they might be interchangeably manage to influence the societal context could be witnessed. The  implications of such societal change/manipulations could result in numerous social engineering manifestations. 

These manifestations could be seen in the sudden and unexpected business growth which can fall under money laundering. The support of certain public figures or the manufacturing industry of certain public figures/ social influencers to support or back through wide promotion and propagation specific ideologies. 

The social engineering schedule involve not necessarily parties from the inside. Most of times, there are ones from the outside in the scheme sharing the same ideologies which go hand in hand for the desired societal impact.  

When there are lots of social groups that partake in the society in different terms, there will be numerous views and differences in communication. The spike of these conflicts could be seen with the limited presence of the government role to regulate these parties. Additionally, there should be even a role to exclude some foreign parties which considered to be outsiders from the social equation, if the regulations were transgressed. The almost absent limited presence of the government made other powers to rise. The other on-ground ramifications could be detected in the unaccepting nature between the social groups which should be, but also hard, understandable given the wider societal context. The government role in regulation extends to the provision of basic needs and services which doesn’t meet the country requirements. 

The manifestations of such shortcomings are seen in the close networks and social bubbles. Even, when marketing certain urban compounds, there are social criteria to be included in the compound. There are lots of exclusive networks to stress on the fact that it is for the people who share certain social aspects. Actually, it reaches a point where it is the norm to be inspected for compliance with certain standards when engaging in most of the social networks. Services including private or international schools adopt a filtration system to be included in the schools. Some background check: there are issues with the governmental educational system and shortage in the number of schools with this educational system that is why some social group resort to private and different kinds of international educational system. Even life itself comes with a price when the public healthcare services suffer from deficiencies and there are lack in the provision of some drugs. The other monetary “private” side includes private healthcare but with the exclusivity option. These are examples among many in most services where the ones with money and power hold responsibility that transgress their mandate and the government role fades in the background. 

Currently, there is a deep sense of monetary support to live, work or do anything in Egypt. The pressing need to just fulfill any basic need in Egypt requires monetary support. The national/ governmental subsidies to support those in need are almost not present or continue to be diminished. Also, most people are in need actually. Certainly, like in most developing world, the gap between the social classes continues to grow and the middle classes are overburdened with basic life needs.