1/ It's an administration full of self-described unsung heroes, always with their own heroic narrative of how they're doing the right, smart thing, then cowering in anonymity, and oh, never resigning in protest and telling the truth.
2/ After the fall, you'll see a wave of articles and books about how hard they fought against the madness. Many of them play this game with reporters every day. "I hate him, he's crazy, but *I'm* trying to save the world."
3/ Just like any regime of collaborators, they want history to be revised and elided.
"We were just trying to prevent something worse" doesn't work come the épuration légale.
Sorry. If you're still in there now, you're complicit.
"We were just trying to prevent something worse" doesn't work come the épuration légale.
Sorry. If you're still in there now, you're complicit.
4/
Power in their hands at last
They scream revenge is only fair
They hope to see royal heads depart
For revolution's in the air
Consider though, the guillotine
Worked just as well on Robespierre
Power in their hands at last
They scream revenge is only fair
They hope to see royal heads depart
For revolution's in the air
Consider though, the guillotine
Worked just as well on Robespierre
