Eventually in Nazi Germany it became more dangerous to enrage the Feuer… Than it was being wrong

This greatly assisted in their defeat

Let us hope it works again

This is the weakness of authoritarian regimes. Putin’s guys were all telling him what he wanted to hear in the lead up to the invasion on Ukraine. “They’ll greet us as liberators, it’ll be over in a week, two weeks tops.”

Next comes the corruption. You know your job is solely about telling the boss what he wants to hear, which will often be lies. If you’re a liar and in control of a procurement budget, you can move the money for your own benefit. You’ll have to lie to your boss about spending the money for what it’s intended, but since you have your job because you’re willing to lie to your boss, why not lie about how your budget was spent?

Hey look.

Republicans further weakening our nation…again.

Man. I grew up really thinking America would have the balls to handle a traitorous president or party.

I was dead wrong.

My father used to tell jokes about the GDR and Soviet Union when I was a kid. I was in kindergarten when the Berlin wall fell. Nowadays you can tell almost the same jokes about the US…

Question for the radio station Eriwan: Could the catastrophe of Chernobyl have been avoided? Answer: Principally yes, if only Sweden hadn’t spilled the beans.

Question for the radio station Eriwan: Is there censorship in the Soviet Union? Answer: Principally no, but unfortunately we are unable to further elaborate.

Question for the radio station Eriwan: How does the soviet government act in a crisis? Answer: We do not provide information regarding the state of our Agriculture sector.

Question for the radio station Eriwan: Is it difficult to go to the moon? Answer: Principally no, but how do we convince our cosmonauts to come back again?

Looking forward to reusing them for the US.

Can this guy, or someone like him, lead an actual resistance please?!?