It is true that Nasser had never…
September 1970 CE
He once admitted that he had become so used to conspiracy, by necessity, that he tended to see a conspiracy in everything, a view that had prevented him from conducting an open rule.
He had wanted to establish a basis of support for his regime but one that would not require the regime to give significant power to the public.
He felt that an ideology such as socialism might accomplish this, but at the same time he feared that the commitment would be to the ideology and not to him.
Thus, when Nasser dies in 1970 he leaves behind an imperfect unfinished revolution.
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