When I was younger, I read the history of the Nazis and Soviet’s and thought “how do you get people to become such monsters?”, turns out you just tell them too and let the worst of human nature do the rest. I’ve seen people given even the smallest amount of perceived authority turn into tyrants. The hallmark of tyranny is paranoia, even Stalin’s closest inner circle was purged except for a few, even those in charge of the roundups were eventually shot. Everyone was an enemy of the state.

When I was younger, I read the history of the Nazis and Soviet’s and thought “how do you get people to become such monsters?”, turns out you just tell them too and let the worst of human nature do the rest. I’ve seen people given even the smallest amount of perceived authority turn into tyrants. The hallmark of tyranny is paranoia, even Stalin’s closest inner circle was purged except for a few, even those in charge of the roundups were eventually shot.