Lee BurnettApr 14, 2025
JA Westenberg

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.
Apr 14, 2025 at 3:11amPubler
Show threadearthlingApr 14, 2025

@Daojoan

At least Nero played the cithara.

https://history.howstuffworks.com/history-vs-myth/nero.htm

#history
#Nero

Did Nero really play the fiddle while Rome burned?

The Roman emperor Nero is said to have played his fiddle while the city burned and his people suffered. Could he really be that cruel, or is it all just a story?

HowStuffWorks
Show threadUlrich SubergApr 14, 2025

@appassionato @Daojoan the engraving in this article is of a painting made by Siemieradski (German transliteration) btw:

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1b/Siemiradski_Fackeln.jpg

Show threadZhi Zhu 🕸️Apr 14, 2025

"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

https://www.joanwestenberg.com/why/

#History #Politics #Strongman #Fascism #Authoritarianism #Trump #GOP #Republicans #USPol #US #USA

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.
Show threadderekApr 14, 2025
@Daojoan love reading your work! You’re the reason I started blogging in January and I’m still doing it! Haven’t made a dollar yet, but it’s not about the money for me. This just feels like a craft worth doing for the sake of it. Especially now that POTUS is trying to rewrite history and burn books.
Show threadSteve WilliamsApr 14, 2025
@Daojoan
This time Russia’s at the gates, with the key under the orange doormat.
Show threadAnton HunterApr 14, 2025

@Daojoan

"I don’t need to name the man.

You already know who he is."

I know who you're writing about, but internationally there's a growing shortlist of candidates that could fit!

Show thread6x6Apr 14, 2025
@Daojoan Can’t help feeling that if the Nazis had 300,000 more soldiers to defend Germany with, WW2 might have gone on a lot longer.