@ShaykhSulaiman 1/...They pretend to be strong but they are weak ...
Antoine de la Boetie :
Constant Paranoia: A tyrant lives in permanent fear of betrayal. As noted in the famous allegory of the Sword of Damocles, supreme power is always hanging by a thread.
@ShaykhSulaiman 2/...This insecurity pushes them to eliminate all opposition, even imaginary ones.
Information Isolation: Out of fear of displeasing them, a dictator's entourage ends up telling them only what they want to hear. This "echo chamber" phenomenon
@ShaykhSulaiman 3/...makes the leader incapable of making decisions based on reality, which constitutes a major strategic weakness.
Dependence on Force: Unlike legitimate authority based on consent, tyranny relies on coercion. As soon as the apparatus of repression falters or a resource ...
@ShaykhSulaiman 4/...goes missing, the regime collapses because it has no "sympathy capital" to rely on.
Psychological Compensation: Many historians and analysts suggest that the thirst for total domination is often a response to a sense of inferiority or internal vulnerability.
@ShaykhSulaiman 5/...
As Étienne de La Boétie wrote in his Discourse on Voluntary Servitude, the tyrant is often but a "little man" who only stands because the people are on their knees.
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