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The Thirty Tyrants

The deal that the American elite chose to make with China has a precedent in the history of Athens and Sparta.

In Chapter 5 of The Prince, Niccolo Machiavelli describes three options for how a conquering power might best treat those it has defeated in war. The first is to ruin them; the second is to rule directly; the third is to create “therein a state of the few which might keep it friendly to you.


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There is a good reason why lockdowns—quarantining those who are not sick—had never been previously employed as a public health measure. The leading members of a city, state, or nation do not imprison its own unless they mean to signal that they are imposing collective punishment on the population at large. It had never been used before as a public health measure because it is a widely recognized instrument of political repression.


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What seems clear is that Biden’s inauguration marks the hegemony of an American oligarchy that sees its relationship with China as a shield and sword against their own countrymen. Like Athens’ Thirty Tyrants, they are not simply contemptuous of a political system that recognizes the natural rights of all its citizens that are endowed by our creator; they despise in particular the notion that those they rule have the same rights they do. Witness their newfound respect for the idea that speech should only be free for the enlightened few who know how to use it properly. Like Critias and the pro-Sparta faction, the new American oligarchy believes that democracy’s failures are proof of their own exclusive right to power—and they are happy to rule in partnership with a foreign power[China] that will help them destroy their own countrymen[USA].




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I think moderns are more sophisticated. I think it is shaping up to be a blend of all three. First, they'll ruin us, then they'll rule us, but stick pieces of schit in charge that are friendly.

If we hope to keep the semblance of the America we thought we knew, discarding the divide-and-conquer politics and actually fighting for our ideals is inevitable. The sooner, the better.


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They will slowly bleed us since Americans have a strong work ethic and can produce a lot of revenue for the king.

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Originally Posted by Fireball2
They will slowly bleed us since Americans have a strong work ethic and can produce a lot of revenue for the king.


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Originally Posted by ingwe
I will be the kind of peasant who has turned his plowshare into a sword...




Ah, so...revolting?


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A pheasant plucker maybe?


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Originally Posted by ingwe
I will be the kind of peasant who has turned his plowshare into a sword...

This!


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Type of peasant?? The degrees of seeming acceptance here are unsettling. I am improving my behavior and actions - to strive with others and prevent anything like peasantry.


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