If I'm right then the question is who gains in terms of political power, and how -- not what are the economic/civil/social gains of the policy

A working hypothesis: it's about generating short term momentum for a long term move to retain power. A 'chaos is a ladder' mentality. Unfortunately this kind of framework has been, and still is, quite successful in my own country

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