(06-28-2018, 08:26 PM)DHBirr Wrote:(06-28-2018, 07:46 PM)SilverFang01 Wrote: It is possible. These people like to set things on fire and then when the consequences come knocking try to cover it with a "I was only joking," comment.
As you said.
When you sit down and read the stories and histories of authoritarians, they all follow the same playbook.
From King Ahasuerus and Haman the Agagite, to Fulgencio Batista, to Duvalier, to Rafael Trujillo, to Pinochet; to Franco, to Stalin, to Hitler, to Boskone, Palpatine, and now Trump and the GOP, and many others fictional and not.
We only keep falling for it because we have become proud of our ignorance of story and history.
"This is Master Obi-Wan Kenobi. I regret to report that both our Jedi Order and the Republic, have fallen with a dark shadow of the Empire rising to take their place. This message is a warning and a reminder for any surviving Jedi. Trust in The Force. Do not return to the Temple... that time has past. And our future is uncertain. We will each be challenged. Our trust. Our faith. Our friendships. But we must persevere. And in time, a new hope will emerge. May the Force be with you, always."