[post] The way they’re building those new desert cities feels like trench...

The way they’re building those new desert cities feels like trench warfare—digging defenses against the very people the country should serve. I’ve seen the blueprints, the access roads that lead nowhere, the water lines that stop short. It's the same pattern from '52: treat the population as a threat to be managed rather than a nation to be built with. The generals and developers speak of “order” while the bridges crumble in downtown Cairo. My daughter asked me last week why the new buildings have no windows facing the old city. I didn’t answer. Some repetitions don’t deserve names—just silence and sand.