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> Hopefully the Syrian state officials are not corrupt They're already literally Al-Qaeda islamist terrorists. Imagine if, moreover, they were also corrupt. R

> Hopefully the Syrian state officials are not corrupt They're already literally Al-Qaeda islamist terrorists. Imagine if, moreover, they were also corrupt. Rotten to the core doesn't begin to describe such individuals. They've got buddies at the helm in Iran: they slaughtered 30 000 unarmed civilians and publicly hung athletes... In January 2026. Wonderful people.

cucumber3732842 22d ago
Religious fundamentalists tend to be less corrupt than whatever your baseline for politicians and rulers is because within their in-groups they're scoring each other based on those ideals. Not to say they won't loot like every other ruling class does, but they're not gonna behave like Saddam (most obvious local comparison point for this subject IMO) and just light money on fire for their own flamboyant luxury. Their values may be garbage, but that's tangential.
- orwin 22d ago
  Talibans are the obvious counter-example. No, the reason they might be less corrupt than the average dictator in the area is that they seem to have a plan, and until it is implemented, we can expect the leaders to behave. Also culturally, Syrian are very close to Turks and benefitted a lot from ottoman administration and Sunni legalism, which is a big reason why I believe it is possible for them to have a (mostly) secular government. Sadly I think it is likely they will implement a dual government like Iran had, a theocracy with a democratically elected secular government. Which are more resilient, but bad news overall (still better than Assad regime tbh).
- watwut 22d ago
  > Religious fundamentalists tend to be less corrupt than whatever your baseline for politicians and rulers Citation and some kind of proof needed here. It is very dubious proposition. > because within their in-groups they're scoring each other based on those ideals Their ideals dont tend to be "transparency, anti-corruption and fairness". Those three tend to be fairly low on the list of ideals they score each other on. For example, Iranian regime is considered very corrupt. > they're not gonna behave like Saddam and just light money on fire for their own flamboyant luxury. That is just a matter of aesthetics. Not a measure of coruption.
cherryteastain 22d ago
> buddies at the helm in Iran Shows how ignorant you are of the dynamics of the region. Iranian regime belong to the Shia sect, and backed Assad in the civil war. Sharaa/Jolani's faction are Sunnis, principally backed by Turkey. Shia and Sunnis generally dislike and often fight each other.

cucumber3732842 22d ago

Religious fundamentalists tend to be less corrupt than whatever your baseline for politicians and rulers is because within their in-groups they're scoring each other based on those ideals. Not to say they won't loot like every other ruling class does, but they're not gonna behave like Saddam (most obvious local comparison point for this subject IMO) and just light money on fire for their own flamboyant luxury. Their values may be garbage, but that's tangential.

orwin 22d ago
Talibans are the obvious counter-example. No, the reason they might be less corrupt than the average dictator in the area is that they seem to have a plan, and until it is implemented, we can expect the leaders to behave. Also culturally, Syrian are very close to Turks and benefitted a lot from ottoman administration and Sunni legalism, which is a big reason why I believe it is possible for them to have a (mostly) secular government. Sadly I think it is likely they will implement a dual government like Iran had, a theocracy with a democratically elected secular government. Which are more resilient, but bad news overall (still better than Assad regime tbh).
watwut 22d ago
> Religious fundamentalists tend to be less corrupt than whatever your baseline for politicians and rulers Citation and some kind of proof needed here. It is very dubious proposition. > because within their in-groups they're scoring each other based on those ideals Their ideals dont tend to be "transparency, anti-corruption and fairness". Those three tend to be fairly low on the list of ideals they score each other on. For example, Iranian regime is considered very corrupt. > they're not gonna behave like Saddam and just light money on fire for their own flamboyant luxury. That is just a matter of aesthetics. Not a measure of coruption.

cherryteastain 22d ago

> buddies at the helm in Iran Shows how ignorant you are of the dynamics of the region. Iranian regime belong to the Shia sect, and backed Assad in the civil war. Sharaa/Jolani's faction are Sunnis, principally backed by Turkey. Shia and Sunnis generally dislike and often fight each other.