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Re:Bezos Investigation Says the Saudis Obtained His Private ... by zedgerman on Sunday March 31, 2019 @12:38AM (#19533902)
The book “The Dictator’s Handbook: Why Bad Behavior is almost always Good Politics” explains this fairly well. It’s a great read, maybe a bit depressing.

TLDR: it’s cheaper to pay off a small group (family) rather than a big group (populace).

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Re:Bezos Investigation Says the Saudis Obtained His Private ... by nindalf on Sunday March 31, 2019 @09:23AM (#19535445)
That is by far the best book I’ve read about politics. It starts with a simple premise and is able to explain a lot. This video gives the short version - https://youtu.be/rStL7niR7gs
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