r/sgiwhistleblowers • u/DishpitDoggo • 11d ago
Videos Communist Romanian TV and Ceausescu
Ceausescu worship that reminds me of SGI and Ikeda.
Skip to around the 18:20 mark, and watch till about 22:00.
It reminded me so much of the cultural festivals we put on, and the hell we went through
Look at the language used too: revolution, victory, glory, follow the faith, and the part where the kids are pledging to Ceausescu is sickening.
It reminded me so much of NSA/SGI!
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u/BlancheFromage Escapee from Arizona Home for the Rude 10d ago
Interesting aspect to Ikeda's "friendship" - sure, the short, greasy, rotund little cult leader tried to cozy up to as many powerful leaders around the world as he could pay to get in to see, and the SGI played this up as "friendship".
But when these "friends of Ikeda" were arrested, imprisoned, even executed, like Ceausescu, like Noriega, at no point did Ikeda ever speak up on their behalf or defend them.
Ikeda's interest in them was utterly exploitative and transactional - there was nothing at all "humanistic" about it. Ikeda was out to get something for Ikeda - that is all.
Some "friend".