Date: March 20th, 2018 2:02 PM Author: gold confused nowag
Actually in charge; in fact the reduction in power of the larger party apparatus under his regime is one of the central themes of his "story"; he has significantly consolidated power which has obviously culminated in this month's announcement.
Date: March 20th, 2018 2:30 PM Author: gold confused nowag
I subscribe to the Hannah Arendt view of history in that regard. I don't think you necessarily need to be "incredibly high IQ" to effect evil political machinations like resolving an oligarchy toward a more dictatorial model.
Date: March 20th, 2018 2:36 PM Author: gold confused nowag
Yeah I don't disagree I just don't think cunning or ruthlessness are necessarily correlated with very high intelligence; but this is a digression sorry if you generally mean the guy was institutionally savvy in order to pull this off OFS