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Vol.1 Issue 24, October 2020
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The Moral Decay of The Higher Class

Youth in Egypt
Martina Nabil

Third level, Political Science

In this era, many issues are being dealt with, but the essence of these
blackmailing these girls in various ways, and he be longs to a
issues is related to human beings, their ethics and the foundations on
wealthy family and evaded his actions for five year s because of
which this generation is raised on. Society is surrounded with
his leverage and threatening tactics.
congenital chaos and the spread of corruption in its various forms.
Young people suffer from diseases of this age, which is Internet
In addition to crimes related to drug possession an d addiction,
addiction and misuse in addition to smoking, drugs, harassment and
where there are many types of drugs for different c lasses of
many more and this is due to the exaggerated pampering or the state
society, but with regard to teenagers of the upper class, the
of depression that dominates youth which leads to serious ethical
availability of money without control over adolesce nts will allow
problems and issues in society, the roots of this problem extend from
their desire to obtain these drugs and in most case s access to
the parents to the external environment that surrounds youth and in
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order to reach the minimum level of crimes in society and the addiction and commit acts without awareness that ma y be
survival of society, we must concentrate on the roots of this problem. harassment, theft or assault and riots because addi ction and
crime are a package deal.
We find that the cases of corruption and moral crimes have their
implications in big consequences, especially in the case of the upper
“tainted fruits of the poisonous tree ” This saying may include the
class in Egypt, because evading these issues becomes easy for them
sign of neglecting parents ’role in forming a mature, balanced
by simply traveling to another country and using other means that
and responsible personality for their children, wil l lead to a
include power, influence and cronyism.
society full of corruption and crimes. Worse still, is the
We mention some of the crimes and cases in which the congenital children ’s possession of power, influence, and wealth, along
chaos of the upper-class was clearly obvious, for example the case of with moral chaos.
the killing of the "martyr of honor" by the main culprit and his
friends due to the culprit's attempt to harass and assault a girl, but Al-
It becomes difficult to raise children if no time i s allocated for
Banna prevented him from doing so, that ’s why the culprit took
them to instill the values and principles in order to achieve the
revenge, gathered his friends and killed Al-Banna. It is worth noting
proper growth and the conscious, mature and integra ted
in this case that the culprit and his friends are from wealthy families
personality, because complete preoccupation with ch ildren,
who did not reach the situation to attack a girl only, but even worse
making money available and the lack of parenting wi ll not return
by committing a murder by young men who did not reach the age of
except with negative consequences for children, par ents and
majority.
society, so to control the current generation, it i s necessary that
parents and educational institutions join hands to provide an
Another case that caused a big stink in 2020 is the case of the twenty-
appropriate upbringing environment for children to limit the
year-old student of the American University in Cairo, but his papers
spread of corruption and crimes. But if the situati on continues as
were withdrawn from the university and he was involved in the
it is, what do we except for a disappointing future .
harassment of countless girls in addition to threatening and
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