And now, for some self-deprecating humour:
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And what a stage--he only left out Louis Bonaparte, Juan Peron, and various Ayatollahs from his central committee of goons, clowns, and thugs.
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Yeah... and when he's using all those goons and thugs to do all those things... and then those unimpressed proletarian workers--you know, the ones losing their jobs in the auto plants, or the ones whose kids are growing up next to lead and nickel smelters... when those workers go on strike, and those same goons and thugs get turned against them...