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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSeems like all those awful dictators come
to bad ends. They and their families end up dying is horribly violent ways.
Well, I am optimistic that history will repeat itself.
The Wizard
(13,584 posts)beckon from Hades.
stillcool
(34,407 posts)but that might be going back a few centuries. I'm going to look for some books to get from the library on this. Thanks for the reminder!
surfered
(11,464 posts)kerry-is-my-prez
(10,207 posts)lame54
(39,207 posts)Trump hasn't been through that phase yet
AZLD4Candidate
(6,730 posts)Idi Amin died of natural causes
Stalin died of a stroke
Duvalier died of a heart attack
Kim 1 died in his sleep. Kim 2 died in his sleep
Mao died in his sleep
Suharto and Sukarno died in their sleep
Franco died in his sleep
Pinochet died of natural causes
Most dictators do not die in ways we want.
Irish_Dem
(79,741 posts)Heading that way.
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leftyladyfrommo
(19,955 posts)Crooks and Liars Hall of Fame instead of a library.
I just cannot believe what I see happening around me.
Irish_Dem
(79,741 posts)It is unbelievable.
soldierant
(9,285 posts)The outgoing President has to pay for it himself
Hassler
(4,758 posts)Hisself 80 years ago today!
mitch96
(15,647 posts)Lets hope we have a better outcome than Nazi Germany... I fear out democracy is at a fragile point right now..
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Iamscrewed
(486 posts)Springs eternal.
the nelm
(242 posts)Remember that all through history, there have been tyrants and murderers, and for a time, they seem invincible. But in the end, they always fall. Always.
Butterflylady
(4,584 posts)It would be Ghandi.
Keepthesoulalive
(2,119 posts)So many Americans are full of false pride, Im special you are not. You dont deserve universal healthcare, you dont deserve safe food, climate change is a hoax , COVID is a cold and dont tell me you deserve to be equal to me. The right wing echo chamber reinforced it. We are now a pariah nation and i dont know what this leads to but it wont be pleasant.
dchill
(42,660 posts)Roy Rolling
(7,419 posts)
Cirsium
(3,358 posts)However, how many will suffer and die in the meantime? That is the issue.
I am desperately hoping that history will not repeat itself.
Butterflylady
(4,584 posts)richdj25
(217 posts)received the Muammar Gaddafi treatment or something similar.
NNadir
(37,289 posts)So did Mao.