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It's more accurate to say "the king". People still want a king. I hope Trump critics can start identifying this soon...

• jacobush 8y ago
  It reminds of the biblical story of Israel, when the people were fed up with the corruption of the judges, who ruled the land. The judges were a sort of a "checks and balances" system. The people were not happy with the sorry state of the system. They said, other countries have kings and order, we want one too. So the most prominent prophet listened to the will of the people and said, "ok, you will have a king, I will anoint one for you, you might not like what you get though". To me the current situation rings like an echo of that, people want strong leaders to fix their problems. "History never repeats, but it rhymes" -- probably not Mark Twain