FUNDAMENTALLY, DICTATORSHIPS ALL LOOK THE SAME! FONDAMENTALEMENT, LES DICTATURES SE RESSEMBLENT TOUTES !
English version Throughout history, all dictatorships have maintained a grip on power via fear, surveillance and murder for those who resist but plenty of money for those who are willing to sell their souls. In 1994, the heir to the Syrian dictatorship, Bassel Al Assad, died in a car crash. The father, had a view of building a dynasty that would rule Syria for generations. He called on the younger brother, Bashar al-Assad who was an ophthalmologist living in London, to come back to Syria and to enter politics to become the new successor. The regime's propagandists quickly started to build a cult of personality around the young ophthalmologist so his rise to power would seem inevitable to the people. The father wanted to build up Bashar al-Assad's legitimacy inside the government by giving him positions of increasing authority; so that he'd be able to take over when the time came. Just like Omar Bongo did with Ali Bongo. It was the same ...