Uncanny

Not sure why, but he gives me strong Rumpelstilskin vibes

And Condoleezza Rice and Colin Powell

Forehead flattening is a real thing

Made me think of professor Pee-Pee Diarrheastein Poopypants Esquire and his toilet. Any similarities are purely accidental

Jolly Roger is part and parcel of popular imagery in military circles and suggesting that every soldier dining it is a Nazi is gross. In popular culture too it is popular and can connote many things. I believe more people think of pirates than off Nazis.

“People divorced from community, occupation, and association are first and foremost among the supporters of extremism.”
Robert D. Putnam, Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community

"Ach, wie gut, dass niemand weiß, dass ich Rumpelstilzchen heiß!"

“Someone must have been telling lies about Josef K., he knew he had done nothing wrong but, one morning, he was arrested.” - First line in Kafka’s The Trial. Prescient

Democracy is safer and less liable to faction than oligarchy.
Aristotle said it. The dude was right.