“Idiots who say the West would be better off with Putin in charge. Last night they were saying Putin and Xi are better models for the West to follow.”
When Lenin seized power in Russia the first thing he did was he rounded up the Red Octoberists and executed them.
When Hitler took power the first thing he did was to slaughter the Brown Shirts who helped him seize power.
Castro did the same to the revolutionaries who supported him. So did Mao. So did Pol Pot.
My one cold comfort of a possible dictatorship in America is that these dictator-lovers will be the first martyrs to their cause.
Sic semper tyrannus.
I thought Stalin was the one who killed off all the old Bolsheviks.
I’m heartened because you understand how pernicious they are.