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Re:They Thought They Were Free: The Germans, 1933-45 by hackyhacky on Friday April 15, 2022 @02:36PM (#31043981)
I am reminded by Julius Caesar, who, unlike Donald Trump, was smart and competent. Caesar pushed against institutional democracy in Rome (such as it was) and found that very little pushed back.
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Re:They Thought They Were Free: The Germans, 1933-45 by ncmncm on Friday April 15, 2022 @02:55PM (#31044227)
Only one of the stab wounds was fatal. Without the one (barring sepsis), he would have been emperor himself.

Not that it ended up helping any.

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Re:They Thought They Were Free: The Germans, 1933-45 by AnimalMuppet on Friday April 15, 2022 @04:20PM (#31045315)
The one destroying the republic was gone, but the destruction remained.
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Re:They Thought They Were Free: The Germans, 1933-45 by ncmncm on Friday April 15, 2022 @07:05PM (#31047044)
Gaius didn't destroy the republic, he just wanted to be the one to step up to the throne of its shambline corpse. And it would have worked, if not for those meddling... senators.
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