Like holy shit they're already starting to ban Marx in Florida and Ukraine is arresting communists. Fuck fuck fuck what do we do fuck.
It doesn't even matter to people that Russia hasn't been communist for 30 years, they're still going to use this as an excuse to come for even the mildest of leftists eventually.
This shit reaks of the rise of Hitler just before WW2. Except this time all of Nato is going full Nazi.
First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a socialist.
Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out— because I was not a trade unionist.
Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—because I was not a Jew.
Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me.
This is a funny thing to argue, since that's exactly what Game of Thrones seems to portray. Robert Baratheon was able to keep the kingdom together when he was alive, but he didn't have much imagination and could only do it through brute force, so as soon as he died the infighting among who was left spiraled out of control and a claimant with a mercenary army was able to come in from an adjacent realm and conquer the whole thing only a couple of years later.
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