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[–] FiniteBanjo@feddit.online 11 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Lol, looks like Xi's entered his paranoia phase just like Stalin did. Good stuff.

[–] Eldritch@piefed.world 6 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

"Strongmen" always do. Maga is largely in it as well currently.

[–] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 3 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

I disagree on the MAGA part. MAGA is currently preparing for a coup, so they need ideologically compliant sycophants at the top levels of power. That's not paranoia; it's a pragmatic and effective strategy.

[–] Eldritch@piefed.world 1 points 45 minutes ago

Disagree all you want. They fired plenty of military staff and even been polygraphing non-military staff trying to root out the constant leaks from their ranks. The coup is largely over already.

[–] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago

So this new general is joining a long line of no-longer-useful 2nd in commands just like Trotsky, Ernst Röhm, and Prigozhin.

[–] Pistcow@lemmy.world -4 points 5 hours ago