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To: Savage Beast

Tiberius wasn’t a monster. Caligula was a power-mad youngster and Nero was a monster.

They don’t have any parallels with Stalin, Mao or Hitler.

Stalin, Mao and Hitler have parallels with the great centralized states of the Bronze age or early Iron age.


55 posted on 09/15/2023 9:02:10 AM PDT by Cronos (I identify as an ambulance, my pronounces are wee/woo)
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To: Cronos
Tiberius, Caligula, Nero, Mao, Stalin, and Hitler were all monsters.

Tiberius entertained himself by molesting children sexually and then tossing them off the cliffs of the Isle of Capri. At the cliff bottom, men in boats killed any who survived. That was only one of his hobbies. Of course Tiberius was a monster. As he raised Caligula, he famously said, "I am nursing a viper for the Roman People."

Caligula was probably psychotic.

Their parallels to Stalin, Mao, and Hitler are striking.

There have been other monsters. There are today. There will be in the future. Decent people must control them and prevent them from acquiring great power.

62 posted on 09/15/2023 3:20:46 PM PDT by Savage Beast (There is no limit to the heights to which we can rise. To be your best is the secret of happiness.)
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