vtsnowedin wrote:careinke wrote:vtsnowedin wrote:I wonder how many of those were actually just political opponents of the royal family?
This made me laugh. There are no political opponents in the KSA, it's a KINGDOM. The only elections they have are for minor advisory positions. It is not a democracy.
Enemies yes, political opponents no.
Peace
Even kings have opponents (often family members) and the running of the governments bureaucracy is politics in a different form then ours but political nonetheless.
Getting your head lopped off is one sure way to not get into office or a position of power.
Agreed, I wrote a much nicer and longer response explaining the power structure in the Kingdom and how it works. I spent more than a few years in Saudi, working with the military, which includes a lot of royalty.
Unfortunately, using the preview mode now seems to make my response disappear.
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