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The Chun regime that my wife fought against in the 80s did the exact same thing. They needed a "crisis" that "only they could solve" to hoard more ill-gotten power, so they chose one city (Gwangju), declared its inhabitants enemies, sent trucks full of soldiers to violently attack and kill them.

Ryan Estrada

@ryanestrada.com

25 Jan

The dictator had gotten all the media companies in the hands of his loyalists in advance so that they would happily repeat his lies, and people would be afraid to say it was politically-motivated mass murder for fear of being next. This is a well-worn playbook for historical atrocity.

Ryan Estrada

@ryanestrada.com

I keep wanting to post panels from our book about life under the Chun regime that illustrate the similarities, but the murderous-dictator-playbook copying is SO blatantly obvious that if I did it every time, it would feel like I were using atrocities to promote a comic book.

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4gabriel.bsky.social

@4gabriel.bsky.social

26 Jan

I’m interested and I hope there are copies in English?

CKinVT 🏳️‍🌈🏴‍☠️

@ckinvt.bsky.social

26 Jan

Just added your book to my list to keep stocked in local little free libraries.

Jen 🇸🇩🇵🇸

@harlickjen.bsky.social

26 Jan

Wait....there is a book that tells this story???? YES PLEASE!!!! What is it? Also, do you know of any that tell the story of Taiwan under control of the Japanese?

Thisfox

@thisfoxhere.bsky.social

25 Jan

It's not a bad idea to show people that this is a well known technique though. And your book needs to be spread far and wide. Another example, this one Russian: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p... (it's a BBC podcast)

bbc.co.ukBBC Radio 4 - Putin, Introducing The History Bureau - Putin and the Apartment BombsFour bombs. Twelve days. Hundreds dead. What really happened in Russia in September 1999?