#autocrat — Public Fediverse posts
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Extreme obedience assumes ignorance in the one who obeys; it assumes ignorance even in the one who commands; he does not have to deliberate, to doubt, or to reason; he has only to want.
[L’extrême obéissance suppose de l’ignorance dans celui qui obéit; elle en suppose même dans celui qui commande: il n’a point à délibérer, à douter, ni à raisonner; il n’a qu’à vouloir.]Charles-Lewis de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu (1689-1755) French political philosopher
Spirit of Laws [The Spirit of the Laws; De l’esprit des lois], Book 4, ch. 3 (4.3) (1748) [tr. Cohler/Miller/Stone (1989)]More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/montesquieu/81939/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #montesquieu #autocracy #autocrat #command #consideration #deliberation #despot #dictator #ignorance #obedience #reason #servility #tyranny #tyrant #want #will
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Extreme obedience assumes ignorance in the one who obeys; it assumes ignorance even in the one who commands; he does not have to deliberate, to doubt, or to reason; he has only to want.
[L’extrême obéissance suppose de l’ignorance dans celui qui obéit; elle en suppose même dans celui qui commande: il n’a point à délibérer, à douter, ni à raisonner; il n’a qu’à vouloir.]Charles-Lewis de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu (1689-1755) French political philosopher
Spirit of Laws [The Spirit of the Laws; De l’esprit des lois], Book 4, ch. 3 (4.3) (1748) [tr. Cohler/Miller/Stone (1989)]More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/montesquieu/81939/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #montesquieu #autocracy #autocrat #command #consideration #deliberation #despot #dictator #ignorance #obedience #reason #servility #tyranny #tyrant #want #will
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Extreme obedience assumes ignorance in the one who obeys; it assumes ignorance even in the one who commands; he does not have to deliberate, to doubt, or to reason; he has only to want.
[L’extrême obéissance suppose de l’ignorance dans celui qui obéit; elle en suppose même dans celui qui commande: il n’a point à délibérer, à douter, ni à raisonner; il n’a qu’à vouloir.]Charles-Lewis de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu (1689-1755) French political philosopher
Spirit of Laws [The Spirit of the Laws; De l’esprit des lois], Book 4, ch. 3 (4.3) (1748) [tr. Cohler/Miller/Stone (1989)]More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/montesquieu/81939/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #montesquieu #autocracy #autocrat #command #consideration #deliberation #despot #dictator #ignorance #obedience #reason #servility #tyranny #tyrant #want #will
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Extreme obedience assumes ignorance in the one who obeys; it assumes ignorance even in the one who commands; he does not have to deliberate, to doubt, or to reason; he has only to want.
[L’extrême obéissance suppose de l’ignorance dans celui qui obéit; elle en suppose même dans celui qui commande: il n’a point à délibérer, à douter, ni à raisonner; il n’a qu’à vouloir.]Charles-Lewis de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu (1689-1755) French political philosopher
Spirit of Laws [The Spirit of the Laws; De l’esprit des lois], Book 4, ch. 3 (4.3) (1748) [tr. Cohler/Miller/Stone (1989)]More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/montesquieu/81939/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #montesquieu #autocracy #autocrat #command #consideration #deliberation #despot #dictator #ignorance #obedience #reason #servility #tyranny #tyrant #want #will
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En #Allemagne, des #économistes appellent à #rapatrier l’ #or placé dans les #coffres #américains
#DO #NOT #OFFER OUR #GOLD TO AN #AUTOCRAT, #RACIST #SEXIST #RAPIST #HOMOPHOBIC #DICTATOR
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Are we really going to cheer every #plutocrat & #autocrat that has a spat with #ElonMusk, think Trump & #MichaelOLeary?
If you are after an ethical positioning on the #Ryanair buy-out, here is one: stop #flying
https://www.dw.com/en/ryanair-elon-musk-purchase-poll/a-75586269?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-gb
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KING RICHARD: For God’s sake, let us sit upon the ground
And tell sad stories of the death of kings —
How some have been deposed, some slain in war,
Some haunted by the ghosts they have deposed,
Some poisoned by their wives, some sleeping killed,
All murdered.William Shakespeare (1564-1616) English dramatist and poet
Richard II, Act 3, sc. 2, l. 160ff (3.2.160-165) (1595)More info about this quote: wist.info/shakespeare-william/…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #shakespeare #williamshakespeare #richardii #autocrat #death #fate #kings #mortality #power #regicide #storytelling
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A quotation from Samuel Johnson
Power is always gradually stealing away from the many to the few because the few are more vigilant and consistent; it still contracts to a smaller number, till in time it centres in a single person.
Thus all the forms of governments instituted among mankind, perpetually tend towards monarchy; and power, however diffused through the whole community is, by negligence or corruption, commotion or distress, reposed at last in the chief magistrate.Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) English writer, lexicographer, critic
Essay (1753-04-10), The Adventurer, No. 45More info about this quote: wist.info/johnson-samuel/18000…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #samueljohnson #autocrat #government #king #minority #monarch #oligarchy #politicalpower #politics #power #thirstforpower #tyranny #autocracy #corruption #powerhungry
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A quotation from Abraham Lincoln
Is it unreasonable, then, to expect that some man possessed of the loftiest genius, coupled with ambition sufficient to push it to its utmost stretch, will at some time spring up among us? And when such an one does, it will require the people to be united with each other, attached to the government and laws, and generally intelligent, to successfully frustrate his designs.
Distinction will be his paramount object, and although he would as willingly, perhaps more so, acquire it by doing good as harm, yet, that opportunity being past, and nothing left to be done in the way of building up, he would set boldly to the task of pulling down.Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) American lawyer, politician, US President (1861-65)
Speech (1838-01-27), “The Perpetuation of Our Political Institutions,” Young Men’s Lyceum, Springfield, IllinoisSourcing, notes: wist.info/lincoln-abraham/7732…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #abelincoln #lincoln #abrahamlincoln #abrahamlincolnquotes #ambition #autocrat #demagogue #despot #destructiveness #menace #teardown #tyrant
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"It's a lot easier to cut a deal with a #Autocrat than it is with a #Democrat." Whistle-blower #MilesTaylor on why Trump has SUCH an infatuation on making deals with #Autocratic countries as opposed to #Democratic countries, his business would've been in shambles after his first administration.
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"It's a lot easier to cut a deal with a #Autocrat than it is with a #Democrat." Whistle-blower #MilesTaylor on why Trump has SUCH an infatuation on making deals with #Autocratic countries as opposed to #Democratic countries, his business would've been in shambles after his first administration.
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"It's a lot easier to cut a deal with a #Autocrat than it is with a #Democrat." Whistle-blower #MilesTaylor on why Trump has SUCH an infatuation on making deals with #Autocratic countries as opposed to #Democratic countries, his business would've been in shambles after his first administration.
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"It's a lot easier to cut a deal with a #Autocrat than it is with a #Democrat." Whistle-blower #MilesTaylor on why Trump has SUCH an infatuation on making deals with #Autocratic countries as opposed to #Democratic countries, his business would've been in shambles after his first administration.
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I believe "O.C.G." is the gay stylist. Seems they don't care that they've admitted they've kidnapped the wrong person & sent them to a gulag. They've denied the courts on this same topic already.
#Constitutional #Crisis #Crises #keep #piling #up #democracy #dead #PresidentMusk & #OurPutin #AnotherOrban #fascist #dictator #autocrat #Swastikar #death #trap #Tesla #TeslaTakedown #fascism #rules #USA #PutinPuppet #puppet #state of #Russia #traitor #classified #documents https://www.newsweek.com/trump-administration-deportation-error-2073586 -
I believe "O.C.G." is the gay stylist. Seems they don't care that they've admitted they've kidnapped the wrong person & sent them to a gulag. They've denied the courts on this same topic already.
#Constitutional #Crisis #Crises #keep #piling #up #democracy #dead #PresidentMusk & #OurPutin #AnotherOrban #fascist #dictator #autocrat #Swastikar #death #trap #Tesla #TeslaTakedown #fascism #rules #USA #PutinPuppet #puppet #state of #Russia #traitor #classified #documents https://www.newsweek.com/trump-administration-deportation-error-2073586 -
Tax billionaires out of existence. #PresidentMusk should not exist. #OurPutin can cancel programs created by Congress, end scientific pursuits, destroy all social safety nets, we will win in the end. We can rebuild the country, our relationships.
The #fascist #thing on #four #wheels #Swastikar #OurGestapo #ICE #masked #brownshirts #kidnap #human #traffic #slave #labor #concentration #camp #Everyone #Hates #Elon #oligarch #autocrat #dictator #convicted #felon #tax #breaks #SpaceX #Tesla #Xitter -
Tax billionaires out of existence. #PresidentMusk should not exist. #OurPutin can cancel programs created by Congress, end scientific pursuits, destroy all social safety nets, we will win in the end. We can rebuild the country, our relationships.
The #fascist #thing on #four #wheels #Swastikar #OurGestapo #ICE #masked #brownshirts #kidnap #human #traffic #slave #labor #concentration #camp #Everyone #Hates #Elon #oligarch #autocrat #dictator #convicted #felon #tax #breaks #SpaceX #Tesla #Xitter -
Tax billionaires out of existence. #PresidentMusk should not exist. #OurPutin can cancel programs created by Congress, end scientific pursuits, destroy all social safety nets, we will win in the end. We can rebuild the country, our relationships.
The #fascist #thing on #four #wheels #Swastikar #OurGestapo #ICE #masked #brownshirts #kidnap #human #traffic #slave #labor #concentration #camp #Everyone #Hates #Elon #oligarch #autocrat #dictator #convicted #felon #tax #breaks #SpaceX #Tesla #Xitter -
Tax billionaires out of existence. #PresidentMusk should not exist. #OurPutin can cancel programs created by Congress, end scientific pursuits, destroy all social safety nets, we will win in the end. We can rebuild the country, our relationships.
The #fascist #thing on #four #wheels #Swastikar #OurGestapo #ICE #masked #brownshirts #kidnap #human #traffic #slave #labor #concentration #camp #Everyone #Hates #Elon #oligarch #autocrat #dictator #convicted #felon #tax #breaks #SpaceX #Tesla #Xitter -
Tax billionaires out of existence. #PresidentMusk should not exist. #OurPutin can cancel programs created by Congress, end scientific pursuits, destroy all social safety nets, we will win in the end. We can rebuild the country, our relationships.
The #fascist #thing on #four #wheels #Swastikar #OurGestapo #ICE #masked #brownshirts #kidnap #human #traffic #slave #labor #concentration #camp #Everyone #Hates #Elon #oligarch #autocrat #dictator #convicted #felon #tax #breaks #SpaceX #Tesla #Xitter -
Protest Tomorrow Saturday at TESLA's NYC MEATPACKING SHOWROOM, Washington Street & West 13th Street, 1:00 pm - Promises to be noisy and peaceful, w/ a large flat sidewalk to use.
#protest #PresidentMusk #TeslaTakedown #TeslaProtests #TankTesla #end #oligarchy #revolt #against #OurPutin #Trump #traitor #dictator #autocrat #fascism #fascist #regime #Constitutional #Crisis #meatpacking #district #NYC #car #showroom #picket #line #Washington #Street #Manhattan #wheelchair #accessible #eat the #rich -
Protest Tomorrow Saturday at TESLA's NYC MEATPACKING SHOWROOM, Washington Street & West 13th Street, 1:00 pm - Promises to be noisy and peaceful, w/ a large flat sidewalk to use.
#protest #PresidentMusk #TeslaTakedown #TeslaProtests #TankTesla #end #oligarchy #revolt #against #OurPutin #Trump #traitor #dictator #autocrat #fascism #fascist #regime #Constitutional #Crisis #meatpacking #district #NYC #car #showroom #picket #line #Washington #Street #Manhattan #wheelchair #accessible #eat the #rich -
I'm in I.T. at Big Law. It looks like my firm could be targeted next (he said, posting an article about which law firms could be targeted next).
#Welcome to our #dystopian #present w/ #OurPutin as #President #child and of course #PresidentMusk #unelected #dictator #autocrat #fascist #Nazi #Swasticar #TeslaProtests #law #firm in #crosshairs #defense #attorney #unlawfully #fired #DOGE no #authority #illegal #security #risk #privacy #invasion #WhiteHouse = #car #dealership https://abovethelaw.com/2025/03/which-biglaw-firms-could-be-the-next-to-face-trumps-wrath/ -
I'm in I.T. at Big Law. It looks like my firm could be targeted next (he said, posting an article about which law firms could be targeted next).
#Welcome to our #dystopian #present w/ #OurPutin as #President #child and of course #PresidentMusk #unelected #dictator #autocrat #fascist #Nazi #Swasticar #TeslaProtests #law #firm in #crosshairs #defense #attorney #unlawfully #fired #DOGE no #authority #illegal #security #risk #privacy #invasion #WhiteHouse = #car #dealership https://abovethelaw.com/2025/03/which-biglaw-firms-could-be-the-next-to-face-trumps-wrath/ -
The electoral council, which is controlled by the #autocrat, has not released ofcl precinct-level results from the election, despite repeated calls from world leaders. Instead, #Maduro’s govt has cracked down against the opposition, w/a wave of #arrests that has forced many opposition leaders into hiding. Monday’s arrest warrant accuses #EdmundoGonzález of crimes including usurpation, forgery of a public document, instigation & sabotage.
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8 yrs later, all of those characteristics remain true, but #Trump is now also a twice #impeached fmr president; a #court-adjudicated #SexualAbuser who, acc/to the trial, in the common parlance #raped a woman; would-be #autocrat who tried to overturn an #election he lost; &…a #convicted #felon.
And yet, there was not even the whisper of open dissent this wk, w/speakers & delegates both instead attacking the police, prosecutors & judges involved in the #criminal & #civil cases against their ldr.
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8 yrs later, all of those characteristics remain true, but #Trump is now also a twice #impeached fmr president; a #court-adjudicated #SexualAbuser who, acc/to the trial, in the common parlance #raped a woman; would-be #autocrat who tried to overturn an #election he lost; &…a #convicted #felon.
And yet, there was not even the whisper of open dissent this wk, w/speakers & delegates both instead attacking the police, prosecutors & judges involved in the #criminal & #civil cases against their ldr.
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another former #Republican VP (this one for #Bush Jr), Dick #Cheney, lays into #Trump
https://twitter.com/Liz_Cheney/status/1768744612363976869
he calls him out for what he is: *the* greatest danger to #American #democracy perhaps in all our history
#GOP
#Republicans
#rightwing
#redstates
#DJT
#dictator
#autocrat
#treason
#traitor
#insurrection
#sedition
#coup
#coupattempt
#Putin
#Russian
#puppet
#mafia
#criminal
#ManchurianCandidate
#ItCantHappenHere
#saboteur
#sabotage
