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Pretzel · 70-79, M
Here's a thought - "better the devil you know than the one you don't know"
He's a known quantity. If you cut off the head of a snake, then the snake dies.
Doesn't work with the leader of a nation. There will be confusion and a power struggle (unless there is a law to define the succession of a deceased leader) and then the next oligarch comes to power.
And then there's that pesky retaliation.
He's a known quantity. If you cut off the head of a snake, then the snake dies.
Doesn't work with the leader of a nation. There will be confusion and a power struggle (unless there is a law to define the succession of a deceased leader) and then the next oligarch comes to power.
And then there's that pesky retaliation.