Business
Which business groups rise and which fade is shaped by political action from regimes, parties and associations, not by market competition alone. A new class of entrepreneurs can be 'made' by politics, even when it presents itself as having grown on its own.
New entrepreneurs who are praised as self-made, small-scale builders of national success often owe their rise to political sponsorship. The story of a bottom-up market triumph hides the political support underneath it.
When business associations use religion as a strategic resource, it creates bonds of trust and solidarity among their members. The same bonds draw a line against outsiders, so the wider business community splits into rival camps.