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by JumpCrisscross 998 days ago
> They are all absolute monarchies

Qatar and Kuwait are constitutional, not absolute, monarchies [1][2]. They’re weakly constitutional, the latter a bit more than the former, but categorically different from Saudi Arabia.

Given the man who holds power in Riyadh isn’t King, Saudi Arabia is arguably a tyranny, not just a dictatorship.

[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politics_of_Qatar

[2] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_of_Kuwait