We've seen it before, and we'll see it again.

A paranoid leader surrounded by flatterers. A bunker mentality replacing national strategy. Cabinet members and media lackeys tiptoeing around a narcissist’s mood swings, pretending to govern while the country burns.
https://www.joanwestenberg.com/why/

Why Hitler Slept Through D-Day

On the morning of June 6th, 1944, Hitler was sound asleep. The Allies were landing. Tens of thousands of soldiers were pouring onto the beaches. The tide was turning, the war accelerating toward its violent, inevitable end. And the man leading the Reich was in bed, untouched. His generals knew

westenberg.

"Another disaster that could have been avoided if even one person had the courage to speak.

This is the reality of strongman politics. There is no actual strength, no insight, no courage, no clarity—just power defended by people who’ve convinced themselves that being loyal means staying mute.

It always looks ridiculous in hindsight."
- @Daojoan

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Why Hitler Slept Through D-Day

On the morning of June 6th, 1944, Hitler was sound asleep. The Allies were landing. Tens of thousands of soldiers were pouring onto the beaches. The tide was turning, the war accelerating toward its violent, inevitable end. And the man leading the Reich was in bed, untouched. His generals knew

westenberg.