A lot of emperors made that mistake, and didn't end up going to well for them.
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I've thought that too, but I keep reminding myself that that's not at all how Trump does things. Trump gets people to be on his side because they've already given up so much for him they have to justify it with more. If he did anything *for* them, they might start to expect it.
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A non-monetary (or at least not-necessarily-monetary) variant of the Sunk Cost fallacy.
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Either Masks Work, or they don't. The Secret Service would be wearing the same masks that the doctors and EVERYONE who interacts with the patients would wear. Why is it suddenly that the MASKS WORK people are now forgetting how masks work.pic.twitter.com/DOM3yJZm0m
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A lot of emperors spent decades in the court learning lessons like this, preparing themselves for power. If you're accidentally made an emperor late in life after being a merchant, you're going to be out of your element. Mistakes will be made
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Even merchants understood about not stiffing caravan guards or putting them in danger for no reason.
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Orange Nero begs to differ
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Sb better tell Trump there's a whole category on Wikipedia of Roman Emperors murdered by the Praetorian Guard. It's not an unlikely thing.
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