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Turkmenbashy Part 2: Putin, Taliban, Internet Shutdown

Real Dictators

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Is Turpman Bashi Blasphemy?

Citizens will remain understandably reticent if not terrified to speak of him. But what do people really make of Turpman Bashi's rabid self-promotion? This is a very difficult question to answer. A lot of people told me he was just a non-entity, just this ordinary communist hack, and now he puts himself up on this pedestal. It's just ridiculous. However, the same people who said that were walking the walk and talking the talk because he was scary. If you didn't follow along in public, if you didn't pay homage to him the way you were supposed to in public, then you obviously could get in real trouble.

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