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Folks keep telling me they value all that I've been exploring about #BoardingSchools. So here's a THREAD on t emotional formation of political leaders, drawn directly from @BeardRichard book #SadLittleMen.
Your childhood can leave you dangerous.
Your childhood can leave you dangerous.
2. STALIN. "By the end of his boarding school days, he had adapted to hide his damaged self."
And when he asked his mother why, as a child, he was beaten so frequently?..."She replied 'It didn't do you any harm.'"
And when he asked his mother why, as a child, he was beaten so frequently?..."She replied 'It didn't do you any harm.'"
3. MUSSOLINI. "He is portrayed as a monstrous buffoon, posturing, speechifying ....Angry, experiencing privation, as a child he is supposed to have said, 'One day, I shall astonish the world.'"
