And I think the thing he doesn’t understand is that, if he ever actually achieves his goal of implementing a fascist totalitarian state, guys like him are the first to get liquidated by the regime. He thinks he’s going to be a duke or something, but he’ll be tossed aside like trash.
So much this. I’m sure he thinks he is some kind of student of history and playing nine dimensional chess, but this is the basic stuff - people like him almost always end up against the wall, killed by people much like him.
And I think the thing he doesn’t understand is that, if he ever actually achieves his goal of implementing a fascist totalitarian state, guys like him are the first to get liquidated by the regime. He thinks he’s going to be a duke or something, but he’ll be tossed aside like trash.
Yeah, totalitarian states aren’t really fun for anybody in the end. It just devolves into a paranoid scheme and murder web for survival.
This sums up a lot of the Rome docuseries episodes I’ve seen.
Ohhh I love a nice paranoid scheme and murder web. Something to look forward to
Yeah, killing fields for the win … 👎
It be good to read about in a hundred years, it would not be fun to be anywhere near it occuring
So much this. I’m sure he thinks he is some kind of student of history and playing nine dimensional chess, but this is the basic stuff - people like him almost always end up against the wall, killed by people much like him.