Amongst all this commotion, I’ll posit that the uncle told little fatboy that he was about to die of a terrible disease.
Then, together, they planned to have uncle executed so that the unwashed masses would look to the Supreme Fatso as the most powerful leader, to eliminate corruption in the most corrupt nation on the planet.
The unwashed are impressed, and go back to trying to dig a few bits of grass from the square, to try to stay alive.
let the pogroms continue
Christmas dinner is going to be a bit tense.