Im aware that he is not a socialist by any means but i watched some interviews of him and he does have some good takes on US imperialism and the Western Hegemony but i also recall hearing that he did some pretty shady stuff but i cant remember any specifics....Im generally supportive of leaders who try to free their countries of the boots of the US even when they're not socialist per se but this Assad guy seems a little off

  • pipedpiper@lemmygrad.ml
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    9 months ago

    No, Baathists were originally Arab patriots who went for decolonization movements and were secular. Later infighting and anti communist sentiments started growing inside baath which made them corrupt .
    https://youtu.be/gYrSd1UkS50?si=6goRV1Q6VcunNRcB this is the anthem of baath Syrian party. No they were not chauvinist, Saddam had different reasons to gas kurds , kurds wanted a seperate ethno state for them. Currently same thing Syrian kurds want from Assad. To fracture the country into little ethno states.