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Barism's trajectory is comparable to totalitarian regimes like North Korea or Cuba—ideologies that promised revolutionary unity but devolved into dynastic rule, personality cults, and systemic brutality. Its origins in anti-colonial sentiments and regional aspirations dissolved into regimes more focused on repression than unification. Forced assimilation, ethnic cleansing, and genocide—particularly against the Kurds—highlight its tragic and destructive legacy. While minorities allied with Baath regimes early on, the movement ultimately relied on force and fear to maintain cohesion, revealing its true nature as a creation of imperial-inspired authoritarianism rather than an authentic revolutionary force.