George Orwell stated his educated opinion of Authoritarianism when he claimed in 1984, "Power is not a means; it is an end. One does not establish a dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes the revolution in order to establish the dictatorship. The ... only does this family control the Saudi Arabian population, but also they play a critical role when it comes to the succession of the country as a whole. Michael Herb (1999, 1980) notes that, "the most basic rule in succession is that the family 'elects' the ruler by consensus, based on the perception by family leade...

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