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The same process happened in Iran after the toppling of the Shah. Religious revolutions follow the same pattern. It could be argued that recent authoritarian Islamic dictatorships used the same tools and followed the same patterns, like Mussolini also did in Italy.

I believe all authoritarian leaders are malignant narcissists who seek power first and foremost no matter what they pretend. They choose their ideology generally through trial and error as the best to convince the population to give them the power. Castro was communist because he couldn't be right-wing after Batista. He pretended to want fraternity and equality yet from Day One he bled his already poor country devoid of natural resources and industry to the tune of literal fortunes. He didn't change his mind along the way: the end result was his goal from the start. Just like demonstrated by every authoritarian regime across the world. They never believe in the ideology they profess as demonstrated by their actions that generally go contrary to it. It's just a tool for them to submit the population.

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