In a scene that repeats itself around the clock, the chorus of sycophants continues to squander what little charisma and public presence the president retains, deluding themselves that their clamor of praise is building the state, while in reality they are plunging it into a vortex of absurdity and false idealism that neither feeds the hungry nor builds institutions.
The irony of this perpetual charade lies not in the praise itself, but in the identity of the sycophants. Most of those who now lead the charge of "sacrifice and loyalty" were, until very recently—specifically before the liberation—in the camp of those who opposed or questioned Ahmed al-Sharaa's character. As soon as the president assumed power, a ludicrous and pathetic "great transformation" occurred, as they shed their political skins in the blink of an eye, becoming "more royalist than the king."
The creation of a "leader's cult" and the shrouding of him in an aura of sanctity, divorced from the language of facts and real achievements on the ground, leads to entirely counterproductive results. Those who engage in this practice create a barrier between the president and the pulse of the street. The excessive and superficial use of the image of the "charismatic leader" in every matter, however trivial, diminishes the charisma and its influence on the masses.
When the nation is reduced to a single person, and the state to mere praise, accountability vanishes, and hypocrisy becomes the sole path to advancement.
Building a state does not require empty rhetoric.
A state born from the throes of revolution needs minds that build, not voices that chant. What these individuals are doing is a "moral assassination" of the concept of the modern state by drowning it in a sea of cosmetic hypocrisy that masks flaws instead of addressing them.
These people must realize that "love for the president" or "concern for the state" is demonstrated through constructive criticism and pointing out shortcomings, not by turning politics into an arena for "free praise" from which opportunists benefit while the nation loses.
Al-Hussein Al-Shishakli - Zaman Al-Wasl
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