The reality is they are useless idiots for the transfer of power to the communist. The communist always kills these people to reenforce their authoritarian power.
And, they kill them because they 1) were stupid/gullible enough to fall for the BS, 2) might realize they were fooled into supporting the wrong thing and, primarily, 3) are liabilities because they were effective enough/dangerous enough to affect the change and might do so again, should they rebel against their new masters.
The reality is they are useless idiots for the transfer of power to the communist. The communist always kills these people to reenforce their authoritarian power.
They are useless idiots from our point of view.
And, they kill them because they 1) were stupid/gullible enough to fall for the BS, 2) might realize they were fooled into supporting the wrong thing and, primarily, 3) are liabilities because they were effective enough/dangerous enough to affect the change and might do so again, should they rebel against their new masters.
#3 is key. They already proved they have no loyalty and can be effectively used for absolute nonsense. They can't be trusted.