Mario,
#1 These are not Dan's "words" - but exact statement by Reaper / reason of being closed today. The only thing on their main page.

We can talk about origins of Blues, Rock, Punk, Reggae, Gospel, Alternative, Grunge, Underground... but it will be nearly impossible here, even in off topic as these are directly or indirectly are political.

In parallel, we can discuss what happens to music & talented musicians (if we where to talk about music) under dictatorship. From historical or modern world perspective. Quite an interesting music related subject...