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Daenerys Targaryen Was Our Warning

What The Iconic Character Taught Us About Modern Political Extremism

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Nick Rafter
Apr 24, 2024
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*SPOILER ALERT* If you haven’t seen Game Of Thrones and plan to, beware of spoilers ahead. Also, why haven‘t you seen it?

In 2017, my partner at the time flagged a now-deleted Facebook post from a socialist friend of mine on the same day as the Season 6 finale of Game Of Thrones.

Invoking the Middle East conflict, he compared Israel to Cersei Lannister …

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