>>>Still, throughout that whole year, there was widespread hope that the sanity will prevail. Most of the people just wouldn't believe that anything serious will happen...
>>>One of the goals of those wars is surely accomplished: we all now have powerless and cheap politicians ruling; they can be bribed or blackmailed so easily. And as long as they are obedient to demands, they will be allowed to rule as they like. Which, first of all, means no independent media. Easy to do when their owners are your cronies.
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>To paraphrase Burke: "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." Alternatively see below. Meanwhile, Compliments of the Season (see, I did not wish you a Happy Christmas to be provocative.;-)

The effort invested in the omission is appreciated :).

>A man of words and not of deeds
>Is like a garden full of weeds
>And when the weeds begin to grow
>It’s like a garden full of snow
>And when the snow begins to fall
>It’s like a bird upon the wall
>And when the bird away does fly
>It’s like an eagle in the sky
>And when the sky begins to roar
>It’s like a lion at the door
>And when the door begins to crack
>It’s like a stick across your back
>And when your back begins to smart
>It’s like a penknife in your heart
>And when your heart begins to bleed
>You’re dead, and dead, and dead indeed.

Sticks and stones... etc... but an eight-fold analogy (wasn't really counting) is an almost sure miss :).