Stalin killed millions of his own people. It wouldn't make any sense to us, but it made perfect since to him to maintain power.



>Like Randall Tarly.
>And Cersei.
>And I guess Olenna Tyrell, who supported her.
>
>No one likely to rebel at this point. Or they weren't. Until
>she killed everyone in Kings Landing. That makes them more
>likely to rebel than not. When you kill the armies that stand
>against you, fine. You can rule through fear by exterminating
>enemies. When you indiscriminately kill people who are not
>standing against you, who are not you enemies, you are a
>threat to the entire realm. That's an instant vote of no
>confidence.


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