Well he did progressively style himself an enlightened tyrant as he aged, which going by the oldest interviews and according to the http://www.bgf.nu/greenbook.pdf he wrote he aspired to ever since he rose to power, but you don't put yourself in front of the murkan fist if you plan to die peacefully in your sleep. Or keep your country from becoming another permanently exploited hellhole which i guess is all hindsight now.
Anyhoo, nice rack lady.