worse to be subject to a fascist regime the consequence of your own government, the consequence of your fellow citizens.

https://www.historynet.com/the-stories-behind-five-iconic-world-war-ii-images/french-liberation/
"Dubbed “The Weeping Frenchman,” the photo first appeared in print in Life Magazine in their March 3, 1941, issue, and came to represent the grief of a nation under occupation. The book “Marseille sous l’occupation” by Lucien Gaillard identifies the man in photo as Monsieur Jerôme Barzetti, who openly cried as French flags were taken down in the city of Marseilles in September 1940. (National Archives)"

Horror. Aghast.

Sums up how I feel.