Yeah, purges are bad. The Leninists did it (and continued to do it through at least Stalin). The National Socialists did it (including some of their own...the Brown Shirts...they didn't just disappear, they were purged). Totalitarianism purges "disloyal" people -which includes political rivals-, and also purges intellectuals (because they, ya know, can think).

As I recall, Lenin/Stalin purged a lot of their military; which they then paid for about 20 years later.

It is very telling that conservatives** in this country would propose purging "political enemies", and want to get rid of checks and balances.



**think tanks and leadership...I seriously doubt people like Dope and BHM would agree with those actions, but they aren't -to the best of my knowledge- anywhere near the leadership.

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