• albigu
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    11 months ago

    Them choosing Julius Caesar as the dictator is oddly on the nose if you’ve read Parenti’s book. “Oh no we’re trading our wealthy senatorial unpopular oligarchy for a wealthy senatorial emperor who’s at least popular!”

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      11 months ago

      Julius Caesar at least has a trillion times more charisma and actual results than Trump does.

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      11 months ago

      First name that comes to mind after reading your post is not Caesar, but Didius Julianus.