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    He Who Would Be Caesar

    First, Caesar was a hired gun. An agent. He REPORTED to the emperor. He acted on the AUTHORITY of the emperor. By and large none of the Caesars of the Roman empire made it to the rank of self-directed authority.

    Second, Caesar was an OFFICE. It referred to the petty official holding that office. It was not the NAME of the office holder. It was his TITLE. He was the CEO of the Roman corporation.

    BRUTUS didn't kill a guy named Caesar. He killed the guy currently holding that office. Someone later filled the office and they called him Caesar too.

    Just some points I thought needed clearing up. Trump is the modern day equivalent of Caesar. Biden is a Caesar wannabe.

    Caesar had more power than the Emperor.The Emperor was the Roman empire while the CEO drags in the loot.

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    Re: He Who Would Be Caesar

    Wouldn't that make Mnunchin Caesar?

    Irregardless' it depends whether or not they're a nice guy if they get killed or not...(finished first)

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    Re: He Who Would Be Caesar

    Quote Originally Posted by Horn View Post
    Wouldn't that make Mnunchin Caesar?
    A guy who has to have his secretary cosign doesn't count for much.



    Quote Originally Posted by Horn View Post
    ' it depends whether or not they're a nice guy if they get killed or not...(finished first)
    The Ides of March is symbolic. If it were literal Trump could cut his secret service budget by 364/365th.

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    Re: He Who Would Be Caesar

    So who does the rendering then?
    “Democracy is also a form of worship. It is the worship of Jackals by Jackasses. It is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard.”
    H.L. Mencken

    "The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary."
    H. L. Mencken

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    Re: He Who Would Be Caesar

    Quote Originally Posted by osoab View Post
    So who does the rendering then?
    All programs are rendered by the Main Operating System. The Main Operating System is rendered by the Ultimate Operating System. The Ultimate Operating System is rendered by the Supreme Operating System and finally the Supreme Operating System is rendered by the sanitary engineer who cleans up at the end of the day.

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    Re: He Who Would Be Caesar

    Quote Originally Posted by ziero0 View Post
    All programs are rendered by the Main Operating System. The Main Operating System is rendered by the Ultimate Operating System. The Ultimate Operating System is rendered by the Supreme Operating System and finally the Supreme Operating System is rendered by the sanitary engineer who cleans up at the end of the day.
    Oh no, he's gone HT+

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    Re: He Who Would Be Caesar

    fwiw- wasn't Julius (the guy Brutus and others killed) a populist? I thought he was the one who tried to take back control of the money from the oligarchy.

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