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The Padres, on the other hand, are the rebels who won’t surrender, the barbarians at the door trying to steal away their crown.

They don’t trust us barbarians to care about a world that doesn’t look like our own.

The walls of the ivory tower have been breached, regardless of whether one believes it is the barbarians - or liberators - at the gate.

This is what happens when someone appeases barbarians.

After the latest Russian strikes, Polish PM Donald Tusk said: "This is what happens when someone appeases barbarians."