Speaking of tyrants — as I so often do — few people have described the goals and the methods of a tyrannical regime better than this fellow:

If this warning from the past sounds relevant today, it should:

“Power is in tearing human minds to pieces and putting them together again in new shapes of your own choosing.”

– George Orwell, “1984”

Just sayin’ . . .

Brendochka
2/5/26