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ShazzieB

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35. Here's what I don't understand about people who think they want a dictarship...

Sat Jul 27, 2024, 08:39 PM

Jul 2024

Doesn't it ever occur to them that the dictator they want to put in power isn't going to live forever? And that they might possibly not like the guy who takes his place?

To me, it seems like a ridiculously huge leap of faith to support a would be dictator. No matter how much you may like the prospective ruler that you're trying to install, there is absolutely no guarantee that he'll be succeeded by someone you'll like or that the next guy will be. And then what? You can't vote him out. Are you really up for a possible revolution, or at least a coup, every time power has to be transferred to a new head of state?

Seems like these folks are indulging in a lot of magical thinking if they can't see the dangers inherent in turning a constitutional republic into a totalitarian state.

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A Two Thousand Year Old Warning [View all] Rubyshoo Jul 2024 OP

Who is claudette Jul 2024 #1

Cicero... 42 BC Rubyshoo Jul 2024 #3

Full image FakeNoose Jul 2024 #12

I just left-clicked on the image and the entire image popped up. generalbetrayus Jul 2024 #21

Thank you! claudette Jul 2024 #22

Cicero (cut off by the excerpt frame) TommyT139 Jul 2024 #4

Who said this ??? SamKnause Jul 2024 #2

See Post #3 Rubyshoo Jul 2024 #5

Marcus Tullius Cicero hatrack Jul 2024 #6

Although a good quote... Hugin Jul 2024 #7

Not a 2,000-year-old warning, not from Cicero. WhiskeyGrinder Jul 2024 #8

I wonder what a "fictional novel" is cyclonefence Jul 2024 #10

The words themselves may be fictional, but the ideas attributed to Cicero are not. paleotn Jul 2024 #15

The local library has a category named Christian Fiction. I used to move one of the Bibles from the main spike jones Jul 2024 #17

I'd opt for "historical fiction" as a translation from archaic English to contemporary. n/t Igel Jul 2024 #24

I think a "fictional novel" is like an "imaginary friend" cyclonefence Jul 2024 #33

what! i'm appalled et tu Jul 2024 #9

Indeed. Igel Jul 2024 #25

i believe you! et tu Jul 2024 #29

What?? ShazzieB Jul 2024 #34

Whoever said it (and it was a woman--yah, girl-power) it describes the Gilded Turd very well. Timeflyer Jul 2024 #11

Something I once heard DeepWinter Jul 2024 #13

DeepWinter,,,, Upthevibe Jul 2024 #19

Well, obviously that "anti-Christ" sucks at it. Igel Jul 2024 #30

Yogi Berra said "I didnt really say all those things I said". twodogsbarking Jul 2024 #14

Love this! Way to start my Saturday afternoon MaryMagdaline Jul 2024 #26

Ain't Cicero but the ideas are taken from his writing and he would agree. paleotn Jul 2024 #16

A lot of people don't like the republic. Igel Jul 2024 #31

Here's what I don't understand about people who think they want a dictarship... ShazzieB Jul 2024 #35

kick. n/t Upthevibe Jul 2024 #18

Totally apropos. Martin68 Jul 2024 #20

And if you need a modern-day example: there are few better than Argentina peppertree Jul 2024 #23

Words of wisdom generalbetrayus Jul 2024 #27

Thank you for posting this LetMyPeopleVote Jul 2024 #28

We called that "reverse plagiarism" back in my day; dobleremolque Jul 2024 #32

Berry juice ? Did they relax the blood requirement ? nt eppur_se_muova Jul 2024 #36

This Twitter post is questionable. Cicero's date of death was 7 December 43 BC. RipVanWinkle Jul 2024 #37