the two systems ultimately shared a conviction that control over the masses should lie in the hands of a small elite that should not be answerable to anyone In

the two systems ultimately shared a conviction that control over the masses should lie in the hands of a small elite that should not be answerable to anyone Interesting to see the elite thinking along same lines across the world - whether it is democratic system or something totally opposite. Edit: the whole thing reads like a horror movie. It must've been terrifying for the ordinary people who lived/live in Raqqa.