Mohammad bin Salman began his "reform" with house arrests in the Ritz Carlton, to extort money and concessions. It doesn't require a poly-sci degree to discern the only reform was changing the nameplate, modernizing is merely the window dressing to filter the real view.
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True, but it's more than that. As Jamal kept pointing out in interviews, the degree of personal-brand authoritarianism MBS is ushering in is unusual even by Saudi standards.
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I agree, he is a heavy handed authoritarian, which is why the house arrests alarmed me, he was consolidating power. The princes are often rival with each other, but not so brazenly open.
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Yup, it's why activists, advocacy groups & investigative outlets were urging an int'l response when he was running a torture club, or mass-arresting women activists. These things always escalate when left unchecked.
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Shit is stirring up in the House of Saud.Probably a product of economic instability in the country....
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Worth listening to the Arab Tyrant Manual podcast interviewing Khashoggi I linked to earlier, it’s insightful on the political tensions.
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