Following his father's passing, Mojtaba Khamenei issues a fierce warning to the US and draws strict red lines for domestic critics to ensure national unity.
The US is a fusion of personal and institutional rulership: On one hand, policy and influence depends on your personal relationship to the ruler. On the other, the person holding that office of “ruler” is swapped our frequently, so lasting personal commitments are hard to establish.
The good solution would be to fix the “personal” part somehow. Right now, it’s looking more like they’re trying to abolish the “institutional” part.
The US is a fusion of personal and institutional rulership: On one hand, policy and influence depends on your personal relationship to the ruler. On the other, the person holding that office of “ruler” is swapped our frequently, so lasting personal commitments are hard to establish.
The good solution would be to fix the “personal” part somehow. Right now, it’s looking more like they’re trying to abolish the “institutional” part.