I could easily write the same Horatio Alger take about Adolf Hitler himself. I won’t, because I don’t feel like writing a paragraph glorifying history’s greatest monster. But he came from similarly modest roots. And he also had people who loved him.

You can be the nicest person in the world to your family, but that means nothing if you kill thousands and trap millions in a labyrinth of pain and suffering. Make no mistake. When Thompson hit the pavement, he did not stop falling. If there is a Hell, he is burning there right now.