minus-squaretelokic@lemmy.worldOPtoYou Should Know@lemmy.world•YSK Joseph Stalin created the Great Terror. He started killing people randomly including artists, generals, doctors, scientists, government officials. Everyone was terrified.linkfedilinkarrow-up222arrow-down24·edit-23 days agoAnd this, folks, is why I prefer to live in a democracy. Perhaps some dictators are competent. But if they go crazy, you are truly fucked. linkfedilink
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And this, folks, is why I prefer to live in a democracy.
Perhaps some dictators are competent. But if they go crazy, you are truly fucked.