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Return of the Kings
Tom Ball
Many people imagine that the 21st century represents real progress in government and in peace. They imagine that humanity is advancing to a new and better world.
But lest one forget the horrors of Hitler (who was elected and then started a world war) and Stalin (who killed 10 million of his own people) are part of our recent history, and there have been many evil, lesser dictators since.
People like Stalin and Hitler will come again into power and maybe this time they’ll destroy the whole world. Our history is full of these characters, in fact, they are the most inevitable part of world history.
But just as these evil men are inevitable it is also inevitable that nearly everyone is apathetic to such catastrophes. They are apathetic and busy with their own selfish lives.
Will it ever be any different? Will people have the guts to stand up to such men?
X was such a courageous man. He wanted to make a difference. He was full of ideas on how to make the world a better place. But no one listened to him, nobody bothered to think about what he said, and finally his own intelligence agency started harassing him for what they called “trying to rock the boat”. Basically intelligence made him so miserable (they have many techniques), to the point where he finally killed himself.
A few years after his death the world was at war, and the spies were busy playing their James Bond games with each other. And everyone lamented the war, which they had done nothing to avoid. They claimed the politicians had let them down.