Why Egypt Is Building a New Capital City

Mixed emotions watching this video. As benevolent as the purpose of all this may seem, let's take an unbiased look at the facts:

- A country struggling with an abnormal population growth co-relating with water scarcity

- Supposed prosperity but highly dependent e.g. on tourism. When this broke away during Corona, the vulnerability of Egypt was mercilessly revealed

- A not too stable political system, prone to and struggling with corruption

--> is building a new gigantomanic capital city with

- broad boulevards for military parades

- a "People's Square" for probably tens of thousands of spectators, dominated by the "largest flagpole in the world"

- a posh, extravagant new presidential palace for the "highest, most powerful leader"

and the largest, literally most excessive part of the complex is the Ministry of Defence???

With a slight nod to history, I personally wouldn't be euphoric, I'd be alert.