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A lot of people compare Trump 2.0 to Julius Caesar, but he reminds me more of Sulla—the man who set the template for Caesar’s rise. Sulla’s personal vendettas, and power grabs led to the collapse of the Roman Republic and paved the way for the Empire.
Caesar had a grand vision for Rome’s future, but Sulla was driven by personal grievances and revenge. Trump follows this model.
Sulla also had Catulus and Crassus. Trump 2.0 had McConnell and Musk.
Mitch McConnell = Catulus + Cicero: Like Catulus, McConnell’s conservative and focused on maintaining old power structures. But like Cicero, he’s a master strategist—calculating, maneuvering, and holding on to influence in a crumbling system.
Elon Musk = Crassus: Rich, opportunistic, and power-hungry. Crassus used wealth to buy influence, and Musk does the same today in tech. Both are masters of leveraging money to shift power and reshape their worlds.
Without key figures like McConnell and Musk, Trump 2.0 would not have gotten back in. let’s hope the republic can survive this and not end up with a Caesar down the track. But without smashing the oligarchs/corporations and removing the money from the US government I can’t see it surviving.
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