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EndlessWire

(7,784 posts)
Fri May 23, 2025, 08:51 AM 9 hrs ago

I watched a documentary on

Nicolae Ceaușescu, Romania's former dictator. The citizens rose up against him, caught him and put he and his wife on trial. They were, of course, found guilty, and immediately hustled out back, put up against a wall, and executed. Just. like. that.

No good ever comes of dictators. Something grisly always happens to them. People just don't like them.

We are headed toward armed conflict. We could follow what the Romanians did, which was to show up in the millions and protest. After awhile, a strange thing was noted, and the cops were marching with the citizens. That's what ran the Ceausescus off. One guy, without support, can't maintain a dictatorship.

I always wonder why women go for these doomed aholes, who deal in cruelty and misery. Something lacking in their psychological makeup. If they don't get themselves killed, they are asked to off themselves in solidarity with the evil dictator. Some do. But, I just don't see it as a positive, declarative action. "Honey, you have to do it." "BS. I'm taking a suitcase full of money and leaving. You're not fun any more. See ya later."

If you go to that stupid parade, for Gawd's sake, don't give him the finger. Wear a mitten, if you can't control the flying fickle finger of fate. Just observe, and report back.

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I watched a documentary on (Original Post) EndlessWire 9 hrs ago OP
Power is one helluva drug EYESORE 9001 8 hrs ago #1
The citizens rose up in Ukraine and got rid of President Viktor Yanukovych too. tetedur 8 hrs ago #2

EYESORE 9001

(28,270 posts)
1. Power is one helluva drug
Fri May 23, 2025, 09:00 AM
8 hrs ago

Chemical changes in the brain must happen when a person is given unlimited power over others.

tetedur

(1,255 posts)
2. The citizens rose up in Ukraine and got rid of President Viktor Yanukovych too.
Fri May 23, 2025, 09:12 AM
8 hrs ago

Ultimately it is going to take millions of U.S. citizens marching in the streets of Washington D.C and bringing that town to a standstill. If Trump orders the military to kill Americans, they will probably obey orders. But they can't kill millions in the streets. It will have to get to the point where Americans have nothing to lose.

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