A quotation from Montesquieu

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/

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This slaps so hard right now, 86 years later:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0CzXi9e66M

#fascism #ai #bigtech #us #Trump #unplugtrump #dictators #autocrat #racism #hate #ice vs #humanity

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 www.courrierinternational.com/article/fina...

En Allemagne, des économistes ...

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

https://www.courrierinternational.com/article/finance-en-allemagne-des-economistes-appellent-a-rapatrier-l-or-place-dans-les-coffres-americains_239753

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

#climatebreakdown #Flygskam

Authoritarians can generally keep a lid on things if people's lives are not awful. That's where Putin is, it's not great, but it's not awful. Things were awful in Syria and they have been for a while in Iran. As the saying goes, when you got nothin, you got nothin to lose. #autocrat #governance #politics

The Conversation Weekly: The Making of an #Autocrat: suppress the people

Episode webpage: https://theconversation.com/us/topics/the-conversation-weekly-98901

Media file: https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/d686013e-4694-45ab-b43b-d58daba55408.mp3

#USA #politics

The Conversation Weekly: Coming soon: The Making of an #Autocrat

Episode webpage: https://theconversation.com/us/topics/the-conversation-weekly-98901

Media file: https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/ae26545a-054a-4aac-b466-b142c77d59ef.mp3

#acedemia #politics #USA

Merry Christmas from the guy who thinks he deserves a Nobel Peace Prize.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/26/us-warns-of-more-nigeria-strikes-as-abuja-talks-of-joint-ongoing-operations
#news #DonaldTheMad #FIFAPeacePrize #war #autocrat #dictator #UnitedStates #Nigeria

This is a SICK sadistic hateful #autocrat and NO ONE IS FUCKING STOPPING HIM!!!! #NaziUSA

https://www.democracynow.org/2025/12/1/headlines/trump_announces_hes_canceling_all_executive_orders_signed_by_biden_using_an_autopen

It's </harshLanguage> INSANE trying to format a label template using #googleDocs and the #AutoCrat extension such that it'll mail merge and print on standard Avery lables.

Smfh. Defaulting back to MS Word tomorrow. #Google, you owe me some serotonin.

Quiet Piggy!

Trump is such a descent president, he's not bad at all 🤔

#mob-boss #narcisist #autocrat

A quotation from Shakespeare

KING RICHARD:      For within the hollow crown
   That rounds the mortal temples of a king
   Keeps Death his court, and there the antic sits,
   Scoffing his state and grinning at his pomp,
   Allowing him a breath, a little scene,
   To monarchize, be feared, and kill with looks,
   Infusing him with self and vain conceit,
   As if this flesh which walls about our life
   Were brass impregnable; and humored thus,
   Comes at the last and with a little pin
   Bores through his castle wall, and farewell, king!

William Shakespeare (1564-1616) English dramatist and poet
Richard II, Act 3, sc. 2, l. 165ff (3.2.165-175) (1595)

More about this quote: wist.info/shakespeare-william/…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #shakespeare #williamshakespeare #richardii #autocrat #death #dust #ego #hubris #invulnerability #king #mortality #power #pride #royalty

A quotation from Shakespeare

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

Sooo. The first #elections in the #USA after #Trump took office went absolutely terrible for him.

And if you dig deeper it gets even worse, because #migration & #crime are becoming total non-issues with the electorate, while #CostOfLiving & #AffordableHousing are driving the people to the ballots.

Orange sucker can only go full #autocrat now and even that may prove to be too difficult with a population that won't let him & the infighting within the #GOP.

Still, fight is ongoing, not won.

#Chicago Mayor: 'It's time for a #GeneralStrike'
#breakthroughnews #ICE #Democracy #fascism #immigration #police #ImmigrantRights #uspol #USPolitics #Trump #autocrat #Labor
https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/iFc-_w_JTyY

#RichDick #MarcBenioff is the latest billionaire to endorse Trumpian #police states
The road to #fascism is paved by #Benioffbillionaires like #Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff who leaves his own publicist shocked after interview
#Trump #Hawaii #Alaska #NationalGuard #authoritarianism #autocrat #USpol #USpolitics
https://means.tv/programs/mmn-daily_101725?category_id=34135

Very good #ParkSlope but I don't see one #impeachment sign how do you figure we are going to get rid of a #fascist #autocrat? #nokings #trump #fascism #brooklyn

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. 45

More 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

SCARY: Trump Knows What He's Doing | Ruth Ben-Ghiat
#DemocracyDocket
Oct 1, 2025 Defending Democracy with #MarcElias
Donald Trump is not as dumb as he looks. Historian Ruth Ben-Ghiat joins us today with a warning about Trump's next #authoritarian moves.
#RuthBenGhiat #Trump #Authoritarianism #Dictator #Autocrat #Fascism #Project2025 #USpol #US #GOP #MadKing #NoKings
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovorLE6E494