MrRodgers
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ORIGINAL: WhoreMods Caligula was a lot smarter than Trump seems to be, barking mad or not. If you're looking for a functional comparison with a crappy Emperor, Nero seems a much better fit: he seemed to be in massive denial about the problems the Empire was facing and had no agenda besides expecting everybody in Rome to kiss his arse. Caligula, whatever else can be said against him, was a far more complex character and if that Bob Guccione film from the '70s is a reliable source, he didn't have a tiny cock, either. (Mind you, if Trump does get in, doubtless the rightards will insist that he's Claudius and a return to the glory days of the Empire following Caligubama's excesses...) From what I understand, Nero spent most of his reign simply drinking wine, arranging for good music always while getting his next blow job. That is, all of the way up to running around half crazy thinking he was going to put all of those fires out. Story was, that he couldn't play what passed for the fiddle back then...worth a shit.
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You can be a murderous tyrant and the world will remember you fondly but fuck one horse and you will be a horse fucker for all eternity. Catherine the Great Under capitalism, man exploits man. Under communism, it's just the opposite. J K Galbraith
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