Elon Musk Suggests America Needs A Dictator
he classical writers of Sulla’s time or shortly thereafter found it difficult to form an opinion of him; they noted the discrepancy of the Sulla “who follows up good beginnings with evil deeds.” Generally their attitude was a negative one, with references to despotism, slavery, cruelty, and inhumanity, and the absence of any principle of good government.
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Sulla
Roman dictator
....Sulla, a soldier and a politician, a dictator and a reformer, and a man of contradictions in an age of contradictions, is the subject of contradictory opinions expressed by both classical and modern writers. The classical writers of Sulla’s time or shortly thereafter found it difficult to form an opinion of him; they noted the discrepancy of the Sulla “who follows up good beginnings with evil deeds.” Generally their attitude was a negative one, with references to despotism, slavery, cruelty, and inhumanity, and the absence of any principle of good government. The opinions held by modern writers cover a spectrum ranging from Sulla the enigma (because of his resignation), to Sulla the monarch, to Sulla the honest reformer.
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It's impossible to discuss Sulla without his rival Marius. Marius spent his career destroying the traditions and guardrails that allowed the Republic to function. Most notoriously, he assumed the consulship 5 times in a row in direct contradiction to the tradition that only allowed a man to hold it once every 10 years. When Sulla was off in Asia fighting Mithridates, Marius and his army of slaves took over Rome and slaughtered anyone thought to oppose Marius. Heads on pikes, rape and all that.
After returning victorious, Sulla defeated the Marian forces to end the civil war and was named dictator. The proscriptions were an attempt to punish the Marian rebels with at least the vestige of lawfulness, as opposed to the wholesale random slaughter that had marked Marius's final return to power.
Sulla tried to restore the Republic, but the cat was out of the bag. Tradition, laws and mores were meaningless in the face of people determined to simply win at all costs. The law became a weapon to be used against enemies, not something that constrained those in power. A lesson to always be remembered.
Why would any responsible American citizen suggest that America needs a dictator ?
This is the title of Sulla's page in Encyclopedia Britannica
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Yeah...that would be the point of this seed
The more interesting question is why he choose Sulla.
Sounds like Trump.
Elon Musk is a danger to democracy.
Do we have a list that updates the lefts boogieman of the Day/week? It's hard to keep up with everyone they are afraid of.
I thought Trump was a danger to democracy? or was it Jordan? maybe McCarthy? If DeSantis wins is he a danger? or maybe MTG? it's hard to keep up with everyone the left is running scared of, does someone have a program they can share?
Your point would be..................?
Maybe America does need a 'dictator'. You know, like Keith Olbermann.
As far as Musk, he's overpaid and undertaxed.
How in the world tesla is worth as much as it is I will never understand.
Like some people, Value way over blown.
Good to know. As a buyer I think I want to pay 100 bucks for a BMW...
I don't value them.