Voit lisätä twiitteihisi sijainnin, esimerkiksi kaupungin tai tarkemman paikan, verkosta ja kolmannen osapuolen sovellusten kautta. Halutessasi voit poistaa twiittisi sijaintihistorian myöhemmin. Lue lisää
Oof. So, 1) there was no 'Greek republic' because 2) there was no united ancient Greek state and 3) Greek self government ended because of outside (Macedonian) conquest. Also, 4) the Romans had a Senate too, famously...that doesn't seem to have helped...https://twitter.com/Forbes/status/1359241794106572801 …
...because 5) the reason the Roman Republic collapsed (in part, welcome to 'it's complicated') was that the Senate proved sometimes unable and frequently unwilling to rein in power magistrates or to hold them accountable for their dangerous and illegal actions.
Are there warnings from ancient history about excessive polarization? Absolutely. But there are also lots of warnings about the dangers posed by ambitious men seeking power and by cowardly politicians too scared to restrain them.
Impeachment is not Scipio Nasica rushing out with a mob to kill Tiberius Gracchus. It is a constitutional process holding a corrupt executive responsible for his actions. Had the Romans held a Nasica, a Marius, a Sulla accountable, they may well not have had a Caesar.
Anyway, Castor's ancient history is almost as bad as his lawyering. Clearly they should have picked Pollux for the defense team instead.
Am watching the recap and immediately clicked on your account to see your comments on Castor's invocation of 'Greece' and Rome.
I also like how the first sentence claims the US Senate could have stopped the downfall of these ancient republics.
Trump supporters aren’t good with their history. Like when they called the NY Trump boat parade the Spanish Armada..
Founded in 1000 BC by Chancellor Palpatine, Spartacus and the army of the 300, Ancient Greece was a nation state with a parliamentary monarchy system, and it is always the goodest source of political examples for American democracy in 2021.
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