on the assad family and the alawites. from @andreas_krieg's Socio-Political Order and Security in the Arab World (https://books.google.com/books?id=ZiaKDgAAQBAJ …) @edwest @holland_tompic.twitter.com/shiZUI2R7o
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from "Patronage and Clientelism in Bashar's Social Market Economy" in The Alawis of Syria (https://books.google.com/books?id=koeMCwAAQBAJ …):pic.twitter.com/fszmxH1NXT
Given the choice between sticking with this arrangement, which benefits me, and risking an anarchic outbreak of likely religious fundamentalist leaning 'democracy' resulting in my being sodomised and decapitated by an irate mob I know which I'd choose.
oh, good lord, yes. democracy is a terrible solution for the middle east. =/
Hey, this system worked for the Roman. Although getting up early for the salutatio was a b****
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