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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAli Velshi: 50 dictators around the world are watching Ukraine to see how the world reacts to Putin
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Ali Velshi: 50 dictators around the world are watching Ukraine to see how the world reacts to Putin (Original Post)
highplainsdem
Mar 2022
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Initech
(99,909 posts)1. Don't worry they'll all meet their fates the same way Putin will meet his.
History is not kind to tyrants.
FM123
(10,050 posts)2. Yep.
And vulnerable countries like Taiwan are watching too.
spanone
(135,631 posts)3. Including TFG
SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)4. Absolutely!
lame54
(35,130 posts)5. There are fifty dictators in the world?...
That's over 25% of the countries being lead by tyrants
bullwinkle428
(20,626 posts)7. Technically, I believe well under 50% of the world's population lives
under democratic rule.
PatSeg
(46,773 posts)6. They should look to history
When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love have always won. There have been tyrants and murderers, and for a time, they can seem invincible, but in the end, they always fall. Think of italways. ~ Mahatma Gandhi
And some meet some pretty horrible ends.
And some meet some pretty horrible ends.