A quotation from Victor Hugo

Men are still men. The despot’s wickedness
Comes of ill teaching, and of power’s excess, —
Comes of the purple he from childhood wears,
Slaves would be tyrants if the chance were theirs.
 
[L’homme est homme toujours; les crimes du despote
Sont faits par sa puissance, ombre où son âme flotte,
Par la pourpre qu’il traîne et dont on le revêt,
Et l’esclave serait tyran s’il le pouvait.]

Victor Hugo (1802-1885) French writer
Poem (1876), “The Vanished City [La Ville Disparue],” Legend of the Ages: New Series [La Légende des siècles: La Nouvelle Série], No. 4 (1877) [tr. Carrington (1885)]

More about this quote: wist.info/hugo-victor/81773/

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #victorhugo #despot #error #humannature #power #revolution #slave #tyrant

One day Trump and his works will be as Ozymandias:

‘I met a traveller from an antique land,
Who said—“Two vast and trunkless legs of stone
Stand in the desert. . . . Near them, on the sand,
Half sunk a shattered visage lies, whose frown,
And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command,
Tell that its sculptor well those passions read
Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things,
The hand that mocked them, and the heart that fed;
And on the pedestal, these words appear:
My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings;
Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!"
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal Wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch far away.’
— Percy Byshe Shelley, 1818
#Ozymandias #Trump #USA #ICE #despot #king #fascist #HopeNotHate #Thoughts #future #Life

At #Davos, the #World Watched the #Rantings of a #Despot https://www.thenation.com/?post_type=article&p=584268

Who are board of peace members; who has been invited?

About 50 countries received invitations from #Trump to join his #BoardOfPeace

So far, 25 have accepted the invites

This means that leaders like #Argentina’s Milei, #Israeli PM & wanted man Benjamin #Netanyahu #Belarusian #despot Alexander Lukashenko will become members

So far, 7 countries rejected invitations including:

- UK
- Norway
- Sweden
- Slovenia
- France
- Germany
- Italy

https://www.thenational.scot/news/25789107.board-peace-members-invited/

#authoritarian #DementiaDon

25th amendment now! Save the world from a deranged despotic POTUS who is an existential threat to the planet.

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/stocks-sell-off-globally-traders-113003144.html

#25A #despot #criminal #felon #POTUS #market #economy #peace #TraitorMAGA #TraitorGOP #USPolitics #USPol #tariffs #dictator #fascist

Read to know the meaning of 'Despot' its origin, usage with examples, and synonyms. https://english.mathrubhumi.com/features/books/word-of-the-day-despot-meaning-synonyms-pronunciation-k1jbtuce?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #WordoftheDay #Despot #English #Dictionary #Vocabulary

Selbst wenn er nicht für die Einsätze der #Terroristen des ICEs verantwortlich wäre:
Man kann es drehen und wenden, wie man will,
aber der #Despot Donald J. #Trump ist nicht nur ein
jämmerlicher #Lügner, sondern auch ein
#Kriegsverbrecher und ein #Mörder.

https://www.zdfheute.de/politik/ausland/minnesota-schuesse-ice-visual-investigation-100.html?utm_source=firefox-newtab-de-de

@lillyfinch

The last sentence is 💯 why we normal humans continue to be dominated by #narcissists. We did not learn from history, but they did.

#Trump #Power #Ego #Despot

"You would think,President of the United States would be enough....but no...he needs to be "served", adored, praised, worshiped like a pharaoh, king, Sultan, Emperor..really? Thought humankind,for the most part, had moved past this...."

#sociopath #pathocracy #uspol

#Trump #Power #Ego #Despot

You would think,President of the United States would be enough....but no...he needs to be "served", adored, praised, worshiped like a pharaoh, king, Sultan, Emperor..really? Thought humankind,for the most part, had moved past this....

Sigh....he will turn our Whitehouse into a tacky mini Versailles so he can pretend.

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6/12/2017

Natürlich betrachtet #Despot #Trump die wertvollen Geschenke von Wirtschaftsvertretern aus der #Schweiz als sein persönliches Eigentum. Klar ist auch, dass ohne die Geschenke kein #Zolldeal zustande gekommen wäre. Deshalb ist das klar #Bestechung.

Die Schweiz muss den #Rechtsstaat nun hochhalten und den Verantwortlichen den Prozess machen.

https://www.srf.ch/news/wirtschaft/team-switzerland-bei-trump-unternehmer-alfred-gantner-spricht-ueber-treffen-im-oval-office

@freediverx @jillL @AnnaAnthro

Yea, definitely, #Mamdani used his diplomatic tool on #Trump.

180° from the #despot calling the reporter, #ShutUpPiggy (disgracefully undiplomatic).

Not funny when #KarolineLeavitt twisted (paraphrased) "Well he was telling the truth, ain't that worth sumthin?"

Yea, the #ovaloffice meeting DID de-escalate future #ICE #NYC tensions

Mamdani keeps his #eyesontheprize

Transcript Trump and NYC mayor-elect #ZohranMamdani November 21 2025
https://singjupost.com/transcript-trump-mamdani-meeting-and-qa-at-oval-office/

@freediverx @jillL @AnnaAnthro
RE
Israeli government genocide

✅Yea, #Mamdani did say exactly that and he said, he asked NY residents, why they voted for #Trump and they said, "(Trump) wanted an end to the taxpayer dollars we had funding violations of human rights"

⭕Too bad the newsmedia mostly pushed this part

Reporter
"and accused him of having a #fascistagenda"

Mamdani
"Trump and I, we are very clear about our positions and our views"

Trump
I’ve been called much worse than a #despot"

Nein. Donald #Trump ist kein neuer Mensch, nur weil er sich wohlwollend über Zohran #Mamdani ausgesprochen hat. Er ist weiter der Riesen-#Despot, welcher die Welt Tag für Tag zu seinem Spielball macht, Menschen unterdrückt und grundlos verhaften lässt, sich über amerikanisches Recht erhebt und sich als selbst ernannter Baumeister mehrere Denkmale setzen wird. #Mamdani hat mehr Haltung bewiesen und echte Ideen vorgebracht als dieser furchtbare Diktator #Trump.

@freediverx @jillL
RE
#mamdani has a gift for staying on message

Ain't that the truth❗

At the 3min 30sec point, a reporter says that Mamdani knows (as everyone knows) that you (Trump) have a #fascistagenda , #Trump says, "I've been called much worse than a 😈#despot"

SO.... #MayorMamdani in the future, add more synonyms, like lying, ruthless, fake friendy...etc

⭕Truly improbable and hilarious #ChrisHayes
#DemocraticSocialist

@AnnaAnthro
Thx 4 orig freediverx boost

#MSNOW Nov 21 2025

@MAKS23 we just want to divide #nazi #russia so that next #despot to grab the power will not have a bit army to attack it's neighbors with

Irritierender Moment im Büro:

Kolleginnen kennen den Begriff #Despot nicht.

Using troops against your own people never ends well. Only a #criminal #despot does that. Moreover, #antifa is not an organization. It is an opposition to #fascism. #Fascists are the real #enemy of #democracy. Leave #Portland alone.

#antiAmerican #felon #nationalguard #government #USPolitics
https://www.npr.org/2025/09/27/nx-s1-5555381/trump-sending-troops-portland

@MAKS23 nothing happen when #Finland handed over #nazi #russian assets to #Ukrainian state owned #corporation so why would something happen now?
Just empty words from a desperate #despot in #kremlin

@MAKS23 😂 🤣 🤣 for #EU don't matter if current leadership or a pro-EU takes over, as long as they deliver weapons to #Ukraine but for #nazi #russia it matters as they want to have someone that may make some deals with #despot in #kremlin