Already I've gone down 10+ Wikipedia rabbit holes. There's not a name I've looked up whose life didn't end in murder, execution, assassination, or suicide. Resonant quote: "half-literate faces, none of whom could grant the bearer absolution from fear, but any one of whom possessed full authority to shoot. Under the stipulations of the Red Terror, mistaken ruthlessness would be forgiven; mistaken mercy might not be."
— Feb 22, 2026 12:03PM
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