Chapter Five
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In the early 1970s, the People’s Democratic Republic of Yemen was ruled by young people who lacked experience or qualifications. Despite this, they had absolute confidence that theirs was the best of all the Arab regimes. They were open to the world and the future, and marched towards ‘the hallmark of the age,’ as they called it. They hoped that the National Democratic Revolution would provide a shortcut, so they could cross from feudalism to socialism (without having to pass through capitalism on the way).
The era of socialism would begin in just fifteen or twenty-five years (according to ideologues who had a great love for forward-looking theoretical debate, and for seeking out signs of Marxist-Leninism when divining the future in coffee grounds
