r/worldnews • u/DownWithAssad • 5d ago

Russia sentences 15-year-old schoolboy to 5 years for criticizing Putin regime and war against Ukraine Russia/Ukraine

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u/Sylvers 5d ago

“Have you any idea how much tyrants fear the people they oppress? All of them realize that, one day, amongst their many victims, there is sure to be one who rises against them and strikes back!”

I like this quote.

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u/Low_Narwhal_1346 5d ago

Who is the quote from?

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u/Sylvers 5d ago

Said by Albus Dumbledore in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.

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u/Low_Narwhal_1346 5d ago

Ahh, that's fair, it's been about 15 years since I read the books.

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u/Sylvers 5d ago

Haha, it's become an annual ritual for me to reread the series. Lots of great quotes!

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u/SomaforIndra 5d ago

All the malignant power grubbers and sociopathic rulers know that is absolutely true. They have to nip every single possible threat in the bud, then dig the whole thing out including the roots, then burn it all, and put every witness in prison.

They are right to be afraid, anything short of a never ending wall of brutal suppression, lies and deception, and the smallest pin prick of resistance could cascade into their whole regime failing and fast. It's like the start of an avalanche or a dam breach. In months the leaders themselves might be in prison or swinging from their own statue with birds pecking their eyes out.