What a story and yep, as you said ...nothing much has changed in politics . Different faces , same old archetypal story. I can imagine that you may have a somewhat incomplete image of your dad that comes from the relatively short interactions you had with him and... his charisma has been transferred from him onto you in one way or another. It has shaped your perception of how the world works in many ways and I think this blog is a good attempt of putting the pieces together as good as you can. Well written indeed ...like always. Thank you for sharing. Yep, it would make a good script for a movie...