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I am reminded by Julius Caesar, who, unlike Donald Trump, was smart and competent. Caesar pushed against institutional democracy in Rome (such as it was) and fo
by hackyhacky 4y ago
I am reminded by Julius Caesar, who, unlike Donald Trump, was smart and competent. Caesar pushed against institutional democracy in Rome (such as it was) and found that very little pushed back.
- ncmncm 4y agoOnly one of the stab wounds was fatal. Without the one (barring sepsis), he would have been emperor himself. Not that it ended up helping any.
- AnimalMuppet 4y agoThe one destroying the republic was gone, but the destruction remained.
- ncmncm 4y agoGaius didn't destroy the republic, he just wanted to be the one to step up to the throne of its shambline corpse. And it would have worked, if not for those meddling... senators.