Joseph Stalin in the 1930s presided over a Soviet police state in which oppositionist plots were continually in the news and invoked to justify general and bloody repression. On the eve of World War 2, Stalin’s paranoia led him as absolute dictator to have three quarters of the officer corps of the Red Army executed for plotting to overthrow him, leaving only his most loyal grovelling and toadying yes-men to lead the army against Hitler’s invasion of 1941.
It appears history could be starting to repeat itself. The first run was as tragedy. But whether this second US season will be farce or not remains to be seen.
Joseph Stalin in the 1930s presided over a Soviet police state in which oppositionist plots were continually in the news and invoked to justify general and bloody repression. On the eve of World War 2, Stalin’s paranoia led him as absolute dictator to have three quarters of the officer corps of the Red Army executed for plotting to overthrow him, leaving only his most loyal grovelling and toadying yes-men to lead the army against Hitler’s invasion of 1941.
It appears history could be starting to repeat itself. The first run was as tragedy. But whether this second US season will be farce or not remains to be seen.
It’s chilling, is what it is. Are Putin’s Dupes planning a political purge of the FBI, CIA, and DOJ now?