No intention to be alarmist, but...

In the 1870s, Khedive Ismail responded to a staggering debt crisis in #Egypt by selling the state's Suez Canal stakes

A major reason for the debt crisis: Khedive Ismail had a "vision" #TheNewRepublic #NewAdministrativeCapital

https://www.dailynewsegypt.com/2022/12/21/egyptian-parliament-speaker-government-deny-any-intention-to-sell-suez-canal/