Egypt s people – nothing but a burden and a nuisance
Looking to mobilise the Egyptians, Abdul Fattah al-Sisi and his ministers will refer to them as the people . As soon as the Egyptians demand something of the state, however, they are a burden. Apparently, it is not the state that is accountable to the people, but the people who are accountable to the state, writes Shady Lewis Botros in his essay
On every public occasion, the Egyptian regime reiterates a set of themes we all know by heart. The ideological toolset of the official discourse is limited; it has been deliberately reduced to a list of simple binary statements, which are hammered home with endless repetition. President Sisi takes every opportunity to talk about the population problem, or more precisely, about the population as a problem, and the official media join him in recycling the message. The duality of the army and the people, in the lingo of regular politics, sits beside the duality of the state and the popula
Egypt s people – nothing but a burden and a nuisance
Looking to mobilise the Egyptians, Abdul Fattah al-Sisi and his ministers will refer to them as the people . As soon as the Egyptians demand something of the state, however, they are a burden. Apparently, it is not the state that is accountable to the people, but the people who are accountable to the state, writes Shady Lewis Botros in his essay
On every public occasion, the Egyptian regime reiterates a set of themes we all know by heart. The ideological toolset of the official discourse is limited; it has been deliberately reduced to a list of simple binary statements, which are hammered home with endless repetition. President Sisi takes every opportunity to talk about the population problem, or more precisely, about the population as a problem, and the official media join him in recycling the message. The duality of the army and the people, in the lingo of regular politics, sits beside the duality of the state and the popula
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