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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe sole and only difference I can see between Lavrenti Beria and Bill Barr is...
Beria was an ephebophile who was a ruthless henchman for a megalomaniac
Bill Barr is a ruthless henchman for an ephebophile megalomaniac
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The sole and only difference I can see between Lavrenti Beria and Bill Barr is... (Original Post)
friendly_iconoclast
Nov 2019
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Mme. Defarge
(8,935 posts)1. Always good to learn new vocabulary.
jmowreader
(52,992 posts)2. Don't compare Beriya to Barr
Beriya was very skilled at his job. He was ruthless and efficient.
Barr is a supreme dumbass.
friendly_iconoclast
(15,333 posts)3. If he's *that* stupid, he'll eventually trip himself up...
...if he hasn't already (ATM, I'd give 70/30 odds that he has and we just haven't heard about it yet.
Time to refurb John Mitchell's various cells. Gotta respect history, even if Barr has hasn't...