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When Men Become Gods

In ancient times when cruelty abounded, everyone's fate was controlled by powerful gods who engaged in debate... deciding where they lived, how they met their death; today they are similar ones but act with much stealth. The twenty century was chaotic, bloody and bellicose; Nazism represented world power, conquest and victory, and Fascism symbolized the iron hand of ugly tyranny... Roosevelt and Churchill had a plan to subdue their vice. Maddened Hitler committed suicide by poison and Mussolini was hung in Milan; these despised tyrants faced their final hour enraged by the advancing fiend, but did they realize the atrocity of their madness? When men become gods, their morals can sink very low and by pursuing power, they mock the one who dreams; and while expanding their evil empire to the extremes, they gloat over their rivals' wealth--fearing it will grow.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2016




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