Democracy is an illusion! It’s become a political system fostered by the élite, for the élite, in order to fool the people that they have a stake in the system. In actual fact, they have virtually none. The whole political system in the modern era, despite having noble beginnings, is now used to benefit the few at the expense of the many. – Mark Alexander, June 29, 2018
Tuesday 17 January 2012
The Cost of Syria's Crackdown
Could the country's economic decline, spurred on by the protests, pose a graver challenge to al-Assad than the uprising?
