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The Ghoul

Leave a Comment / Creative / AJB / February 6, 2025 / authoritarian regime, behind-the-scenes power, Dystopian fiction, dystopian horror, dystopian war crimes, history repeating, manipulation and fear, nationalism, Nazi Germany parallels, Orwellian nightmare, persecution and control, policy of cruelty, political thriller, propaganda machine, secret police, shadow government, the Chairman’s advisor, the Ghoul, totalitarian government

The Ghoul was never meant to be seen, only felt. He did not command armies, nor did he bask in the adoration of the masses. He did not need to. His power was quieter, more insidious. He whispered in the Chairman’s ear, turning hatred into doctrine, fear into policy, cruelty into law. He crafted the justification for every purge, every detention center, every vanishing citizen.

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