#(also very funny that sic semper tyrannus gets thrown around a lot as a thing for pro ides people)

[navree]

anyway i know people don't like to hear it because of the whole 'sic semper tyrannus' vibe of it all but the modern day equivalent of the ides of march would be if all those senators who've been in office since the 50s and were getting busted for insider trading in 2020 got together and stabbed bernie sanders to death in the capitol rotunda. i'm not even kidding.

#personal #ides of march #like let's be clear this wasn't the oppressed masses rising up against a tyrant #it was a bunch of aristocratic nepo babies who were the wealthiest and most elite of roman society #deciding that they didn't like This One Guy's Ambition and deciding to perform extrajudicial murder #and then utterly failing to plan for after that #given that this guy had a reputation as being 'a man of the people' and created a lot of infrastructure to help the plebes and the masses #so you know the actual people and not just pseudo-royalty of the time were really fucking pissed about the whole thing #and because the conspirators were apparently fucking DUMB they didn't have contingencies and basically hastened along roman autocracy #by thrusting the infinitely more ruthless and bloodthirsty octavian into power during a time that demanded ruthlessness #like caesar was a tyrant in the sense that he went around the countries that weren't his conquering and killing and colonizing #but like the senate didn't give a shit about any actual atrocities he might have committed against other peoples as he subjugated them #cuz they were all for that subjugation! #their grievances were just the most upper echelons of society deciding they knew best and being dumbasses all the while #sorry to burst any bubbles #(also very funny that sic semper tyrannus gets thrown around a lot as a thing for pro ides people) #(cuz the most famous moment where someone said that was when pathetic racist asshole john wilkes booth said it after shooting lincoln) #so you know. shrug dot emoji on that too