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Acquiescence Begets Hegemony

Acquiescence begets hegemony... Think Putin whose forename Vladimir translates as great power, whose singular minded aim after lobbing bombs into second-largest country by area in Europe after Russia incurring voodoo spells foisted upon president of Ukraine forced neophyte politician Volodymyr Oleksandrovych Zelenskyy to buckle and cower. Meanwhile many another leader cherishing their slice of freedom quakes in their boots dumbfounded, horrified, tight lipped as Russian bird of prey swoops down analogous as buzzfeeder to seize global totalitarian power. Not far fetched dystopian nightmare to envision every country spanning webbed wide web subservient to his majesty where pay obeisance to his honorable premier who issues commands at his Kremlin headquarters. Aforementioned worse case scenario, whereby every waking and sleeping second under watchful eye all social media platforms under henchmen of Putin regime monitored, governed, controlled... by self anointed unnameable nemesis their doomed fate constituting penalty of death wasting away amidst Gulag Archipelago (happy haunting ground of many a dissident) if anyone among bajillions of serfs heard to badmouth, denounce, find fault... with despotic, cruel, bristling, autocrat... Meanwhile, these remaining cherished hours, minutes, and seconds before United States of America forcibly plundered, usurped, yanked... (at threat of nuclear bombardment courtesy you know who) might choose to swallow either cyanide, hemlock, overdose on anti anxiety medication... versus forced to become submissive toward our "benevolent" leader. Truth be told even Trump yours truly would prefer yet fat/slim chance such a golden opportunity will occur, though rumor abounds were pee you tee eye en able to clamor access and excel at supremacy (as seen in a powerpoint presentation) there would prevail nary a murmur, nor peep among the human league only dogs and cats would be privileged to express themselves, viz courtesy to bark and purr and actually be treated as royalty.

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Date: 2/25/2022 9:14:00 AM
Those who don't learn from history, are destined to repeat it, I am so tired of these power mongers and their evil but we just don't learn, do we?
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