"There’s no posse and there’s no retinue and there’s no family," says Chris Hayes on Trump's arraignment. "The guy is alone. He is solo rolling with the lawyers who hope his checks clear."

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[–] 39 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (4 children)

Beard has a great quote from her book SPQR

“If the assassination of Julius Caesar became a model for the effective removal of a tyrant, it was also a powerful reminder that getting rid of a tyrant did not necessarily dispose of tyranny.”

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  • [–] 10 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    An analogy I like: If you have a toxic, dangerous plant in your garden, like the Gympie Gympie maybe, do you remove it by snipping off the leaf bud at the very top, or do you pull it out roots and all?

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  • [–] 5 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    I don't think that those are the only options. But I will think on it.

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  • I think that my problem is that I don't agree with the analogy between the tree between the human. Every human, I believe, have a context to find personal change. And GimpyGimpy trees do not. And that is why I disagree with the premise.

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