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While I tend to buy less into the "America copying Rome thing" the common problem of ingrown elite refusing to give up power even for their own benefit is an old and tired problem. There is a reason the Republicans revered Cinncinatus so much. The US, fortunately, sports a much more robust...

I think Trump overdid it a bit, but he certainly showed Wallace all the respect he deserved.

Well, that's not suspicious at all.

Obama was a very Imperial president that spent more time writing executive orders than he did talking to Congress. He also used to IRS to attack right wing groups during the 2012 election, expanded the power of groups like the NSA to spy on Americans, stirred up race relations to cover his own...

Ah FDR, the man that got the entire media establishment to lie to the American public about his health so no one would think he was unfit for a third term. This feels familiar.

I'm not certain where to put this for some proper discussion but holy crap, this was a MSNBC panel accurately diagnosing what happened in a rational and level manner. No hysterics or posturing, just a calm, grim look at what it looked like won Trump the election. What happened to these guys in...

I thought minorities were good though?

Sorta/not really. The base can vote them and their advocates out of any office available, but since the RNC intentionally never engineered the same sort of top-down controls the way the DNC did* there's no way to stop from identifying as Republicans. Honestly, the RINO pejorative is probably the...

They gotta admit she exists now.

If they want to win any southern states? Badly. The Dems have been min-maxing their electoral map for a few decades now and with Orange Man stealing white Union voters they've lost most of the buffer they had. It's swell that a 100 million people vote for you, but when they're all crammed into...

It's funny, I expected her to be the Democratic presidential nominee back when this all started and it looks like I was correct.

There's always been an awkward coexistence between the religious factions in the Democratic party and the more radical ones. Back in the Clinton and even Obama years they stayed far enough out of each other's way to make it work, but the bigger the radical fringe becomes the less patience it has...

Eastern Europe still remembers being under the boot of Communism and so are willing to call out Socialism as its nicer face. Poland has the unique experience of being occupied by both Communists and Nazis, Russians and Germans within living memory so they're willing to play whatever ball keeps...

China still wants to be around afterward and no one's entirely sure how capable Star Wars is these days. It's not worth the gamble. The CCP has known that this crackdown is inevitable, Trump is just slamming the accelerator faster than anyone else would. It's now a race to see if China's own...

Well, I owe someone some money. I wonder if any horse-trading has been involved with some of these recent cases?

I always wanted to live through history! C'mon baby, Crisis of the 21st Century here we come!

I really do feel bad for Rowlings, but I can't help but see this as chickens coming home to roost. She fed the chimera and it ate her the moment she said something it didn't like. Maybe we'll get fewer 'Reality is literally the plot of Harry Potter' comments at least.

Well, at least I'll get to gloat 'I told you so' when they move on to the Thomas Jefferson statues. I just hope I do the gloating on the internet and not a street barricade.

I wasn't certain where to put this and figured this thread was as good as any. Love him or hate him when Razorfist does a historical analysis its a good watch. In this case, he's talking about the Maoist Struggle Sessions and how what we now call cancel culture is an old, old commie tactic. Kind...

Not to be one of the 'She was never that funny' people, but why is she popular? I literally only know of her because of her anti-Trump stuff. Which is probably the point of the stunts.