[bronxville]

The masters of the Roman world surrounded their throne with darkness, concealed their irresistible strength, and humbly professed themselves the accountable ministers of the senate, whose supreme decrees they dictated and obeyed.”
Edward Gibbon, Decline and Fall, Chapter 3

The past forcasts the future.

Why is the IRS permitted to unionize?

[Jacquerie]

Tradition says that Tiberius as often as he left the Senate-House used to exclaim in Greek, “How ready these men are to be slaves.” Clearly, even he, with his dislike of public freedom, was disgusted at the abject abasement of his creatures.

Tacitus - The Annals.