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It's interesting that even in the Roman Republic the immunity ended after the end of your term, and you could be prosecuted for official acts taken during it. A
by grotorea 2y ago
It's interesting that even in the Roman Republic the immunity ended after the end of your term, and you could be prosecuted for official acts taken during it. And even let to Caesar fighting to keep himself in office at all times to avoid inevitable prosecution. https://theconversation.com/from-caesar-to-trump-immunity-is-a-hard-thing-to-give-up-103296 https://theconversation.com/from-caesar-to-trump-immunity-is...
- nostromo 2y agoThe prosecution of Trump was likely a big reason he's running again, for similar reasons. I'm not sure the prosecutors are even smart enough to realize they're the reason we're at where we're at.
- mightyham 2y ago[flagged]
- mywittyname 2y agoTrump's running again because his first pass in office was wildly profitable, and he thinks he could get another shot at it. And that's just considering the stuff we know about (emoluments violations, government loans/grants to family members, "investments" from Saudis). Who knows what he got for access to those documents stored at Mar-a-Lago or things we don't know anything about.
- NotMichaelBay 2y agoProsecutions*. And you say that as if their goal is to prevent Trump from becoming president again, instead of just... doing their job and prosecuting (alleged) criminals.
- onlyrealcuzzo 2y agoAwfully bold of you to assume we are better governed than Rome - back when ther was still such a thing as honor.
- pvg 2y agoStabbing your political rivals, marching armies at one’s own capital, etc are definitely considered less honourable in these fallen times.
- TeaBrain 2y agoIt's not bold at all. The last century of the Roman Republic is famous for how unstable it was, which is why it is known as the crisis of the roman republic. In the empire that followed, around 40 emperors were either murdered or executed.
- jimbokun 2y ago[flagged]
- chucke1992 2y agoAside Roman empire not being the original fascists, the fact that you portray the roman empire with its thousand years history as fascists is a twitter level take.
- ClarityJones 2y agoIt's not the man who's immune, but the office that he holds... if you intend the office to survive.
- lizardking 2y agoThis is what has Netanyahu fighting for his political life at the moment.
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- spacechild1 2y ago> And even let to Caesar fighting to keep himself in office at all times to avoid inevitable prosecution That's exactly what Silvio Berlusconi did in Italy.