Man how wrong they were. The people loved Caesar and those Senators were suddenly in fear for their lives. Suddenly the most desired thing was to be the guy everyone perceived as Caesar's heir, leading to a conflict between Antony (Caesar's trusted lieutenant and right hand man) and Octavian (the one who actually was named by Caesar as his heir). Civil war resulted with Octavian winning and becoming the first Emperor, Augustus. And with that finally conflict ended and unity was restored.
So my takeaway is that political persecutions just might unleash whirlwinds that can't be suppressed without a real reckoning. The people put up with the persecution up until the time they outright murdered Caesar. From that point on there was an irreconcilable split between the sides. Biden is like Brutus calling Caesar a despot while the same time asking his followers to rejoice and unite under the senate that slaughtered him. Like Brutus, Biden calling our side terrorists and also saying 'unite under me' is bold and ridiulous. The split is real right now, it's not going to get better until something actually changes one way or the other, we get our freedom back or the left puts their boot down so hard on our necks that we never rise again.
I love that analogy, too, thanks! In fact, it’s more than an analogy. I’d call it a parallel, an historical parallel. Of course, our ending isn’t written yet!
I wrote that yesterday too! The Senate wasn’t concerned that the average Roman citizen was losing rights, they were concerned that Caesar was too popular!
Also, he was stabbed by someone very close to him as Brutus was his stepson.
Also, this ended up with some blowback on those that betrayed him, Brutus and Cassius. Let’s hope that comes true.
Rome was a totalitarian state after the betrayal. Let’s hope that does NOT come true, but it seems quite likely.