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Seriously, why is it that so many national leaders are quite literally bat**** insane?
power corrupts, I guess, but I never really understood it - it never corrupted me, I swear.Comment
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Making a career in Soviet apparatchikdom can but damage your mind.Why can't you be a non-conformist just like everybody else?
It's no good (from an evolutionary point of view) to have the physique of Tarzan if you have the sex drive of a philosopher. -- Michael Ruse
The Nedaverse I can accept, but not the Berzaverse. There can only be so many alternate realities. -- ElokComment
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Niyazov was a state-raised orphan, and wanted to be a father to his nation. That means they had to do what Daddy told them.
By the standards of nutty totalitarian dictators he was fairly benevolent.The genesis of the "evil Finn" concept- Evil, evil FinlandComment
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President-for-life... that's a nice title. What is the difference between president-for-life and a dictator?In da butt.
"Do not worry if others do not understand you. Instead worry if you do not understand others." - Confucius
THE UNDEFEATED SUPERCITIZEN w:4 t:2 l:1 (DON'T ASK!)
"God is dead" - Nietzsche. "Nietzsche is dead" - God.Comment
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Power facilitates and amplifies...Comment
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A president for life doesn't necessarily hold a lot of power.Why can't you be a non-conformist just like everybody else?
It's no good (from an evolutionary point of view) to have the physique of Tarzan if you have the sex drive of a philosopher. -- Michael Ruse
The Nedaverse I can accept, but not the Berzaverse. There can only be so many alternate realities. -- ElokComment
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LC, yes.. he must TAKE power.. he will be a strong man and you will be crushed.
So this is some kind of.. symbol of 'wanting to grab on to the power but actually not being able to hold it', kind of like the emperor of Japan or the future symbolic position in China, when the commies have to share power more? I'm sure they'll get one of them.. emperors as well. With no real power that is.In da butt.
"Do not worry if others do not understand you. Instead worry if you do not understand others." - Confucius
THE UNDEFEATED SUPERCITIZEN w:4 t:2 l:1 (DON'T ASK!)
"God is dead" - Nietzsche. "Nietzsche is dead" - God.Comment
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Power corrupts, and also attracts. It attracts to very sort of people who have no business wielding power.
-Arriangrog want tank...Grog Want Tank... GROG WANT TANK!
The trick isn't to break some eggs to make an omelette, it's convincing the eggs to break themselves in order to aspire to omelettehood.Comment
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This piece of news was a good way to start the day
Cake and grief counseling will be available at the conclusion of the test. Thank you for helping us help you help us all!Comment
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I forget who the third of the Economist's nutjob triumvirate, after this guy and KJI, was.THEY!!111 OMG WTF LOL LET DA NOMADS AND TEH S3D3NTARY PEOPLA BOTH MAEK BITER AXP3REINCES
AND TEH GRAAT SINS OF THERE [DOCTRINAL] INOVATIONS BQU3ATH3D SMAL
AND!!1!11!!! LOL JUST IN CAES A DISPUTANT CALS U 2 DISPUT3 ABOUT THEYRE CLAMES
DO NOT THAN DISPUT3 ON THEM 3XCAPT BY WAY OF AN 3XTARNAL DISPUTA!!!!11!! WTFComment
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That's the bigger issue. It's not like these countries are bastions of democracy beforehand, so it takes a certain amount of cunning, ruthlessness, and general bat**** insanity to rise to the top in the first place.Originally posted by Arrian
Power corrupts, and also attracts. It attracts to very sort of people who have no business wielding power.
-Arrian"The French caused the war [Persian Gulf war, 1991]" - Ned
"you people who bash Bush have no appreciation for one of the great presidents in our history." - Ned
"I wish I had gay sex in the boy scouts" - DissidentComment
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I think that was President Gnassingbé Eyadéma of Togo. He died in Feb. 2005 and was eventually succeeded by his son.Originally posted by LordShiva
I forget who the third of the Economist's nutjob triumvirate, after this guy and KJI, was.Why can't you be a non-conformist just like everybody else?
It's no good (from an evolutionary point of view) to have the physique of Tarzan if you have the sex drive of a philosopher. -- Michael Ruse
The Nedaverse I can accept, but not the Berzaverse. There can only be so many alternate realities. -- ElokComment
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He's the oneOriginally posted by Last Conformist
I think that was President Gnassingbé Eyadéma of Togo. He died in Feb. 2005 and was eventually succeeded by his son.
THEY!!111 OMG WTF LOL LET DA NOMADS AND TEH S3D3NTARY PEOPLA BOTH MAEK BITER AXP3REINCES
AND TEH GRAAT SINS OF THERE [DOCTRINAL] INOVATIONS BQU3ATH3D SMAL
AND!!1!11!!! LOL JUST IN CAES A DISPUTANT CALS U 2 DISPUT3 ABOUT THEYRE CLAMES
DO NOT THAN DISPUT3 ON THEM 3XCAPT BY WAY OF AN 3XTARNAL DISPUTA!!!!11!! WTFComment
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