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To: SmokingJoe

While you’re on YouTube, check out the English Civil War, and the fights between Parliament and the King - and who should control the Army; the similarities between today are striking …


4 posted on 10/30/2025 4:47:19 PM PDT by 11th_VA
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To: 11th_VA
While you’re on YouTube, check out the English Civil War, and the fights between Parliament and the King - and who should control the Army; the similarities between today are striking …

Interesting.

Another historical period that comes, very often, to my mind is Rome before and up to Caesar taking power, when the republic was failing and eventually lost.

Many parallels as well.

27 posted on 10/30/2025 8:33:27 PM PDT by AAABEST (That time Washington DC became a corrupted, existential threat to us all...)
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