Thread by @segalink

Let me disambiguate this tweet at this auspicious moment after four years. The saddest thing about betrayal is that it never comes from your enemies. I will put this in perspective while taking you through history in context. (Thread). 🔥

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No doubt betrayals from historical records are constant reminders that human history isn’t marked solely by acts of goodwill. Our politicos are about to make history but first let’s consider the category in which they long to ingratiate themselves owing to the current trajectory.

March 15th, better known as the Ides of March, marked the first half of the first month of the year in the Roman Calendar. In 44 BC, it also marked one of history’s most notorious betrayals and brutal political assassinations: that of Julius Caesar by his friend, Brutus.

Despite being one of his closest friends, Brutus was among several disgruntled Roman senators who viciously stabbed Caesar to death. This was a betrayal of epic proportions, and one cemented in popular culture by Shakespeare’s classic line, “Et tu Brutus? 🤔

No doubt this was not a decision Brutus made lightly. He loved Caesar; he just loved the Roman republic more, and the rest of the senate used this loyalty to convince him that Caesar had to die for the Republic to be saved. (Keep this in mind for later).

Historically speaking, they may well have been correct: Known for wielding his political power like a dictator — something the Senate resented — Caesar’s rampages were beginning to look as though he might dismantle the Roman republic entirely and rule, effectively, as king.

For Brutus, there was also the question of heritage. His ancestor (another Brutus) had been the one to overthrow the Roman monarchy in 509 BC, another fact the Senate used to their advantage, convincing Brutus that killing Caesar was his destiny.

Whether or not it was truly fate, Brutus will be forever remembered as the ultimate backstabber. I’m certain by now you are connecting the dots but don’t let us get ahead of ourselves just yet. Keep collecting the clues. It will make sense “shortly.”

Judas was one of the 12 Disciples of Jesus Christ, known mostly for offering to betray Jesus to religious authorities in exchange for 30 pieces of silver.

The NewTestament describes how Judas took the soldiers to Gethsemane, where Jesus was praying, then kissed him to identify him as the Jesus. Legend also has it that Jesus knew Judas would betray him, but didn’t try to stop him. 🤔

One popular theory suggests that Judas was motivated by greed. There’re a lot of holes in that theory, though, the first being that in today’s money, the infamous 30 pieces of silver would be the equivalent of about $3,500 –

this is however not a huge amount to betray somebody you believe to be the son of God for most would say. How much does betrayal cost in today’s socio-political clime? Is it all about the money, power or vendetta? 🤔

How can we talk about historical betrayals without mentioning the gunpowder plot conspirators? Do you remember Guy Fawkes? He presents a clue to our puzzle of today. Here is an excerpt of his citation.

Britain’s most notorious traitor, Guy Fawkes, is remembered for trying to blow up the Houses of Parliament in 1605. Following the persecution of Catholics at the hands of Elizabeth I & James I.

Fawkes joined a motley crew (led by Robert Catesby) to take violent action in support of the subjugated religious sect.

Fawkes & his co-conspirators placed 36 barrels of gunpowder in the cellar beneath the House of Lords.

But as they continued to work out the specifics, they realized a lot of innocent people would be killed if they did, in fact, blow up Parliament — some being those who also fought to defend the Catholics.

Several of the plotters started to have second thoughts, and one conspirator is thought to have written to Lord Monteagle to warn him to avoid Parliament on the 5th of November (remember, remember) — the day of opening, when the King would be present.

Fawkes, however, carried on with the plot and was captured in the bowels of Parliament with all his gunpowder, then sentenced to one of the worst executions imaginable by order of King James.

The actual ring leader, Catesby, was never tried for his conspiracy to blow up Parliament, instead being killed while trying to make his escape.

Even though it was unsuccessful, the Gunpowder Plot became a major part of English history, and is commemorated every November 5th with firework displays and a historic bonfire, onto which a dummy Guy Fawkes (known simply as a “guy”) is placed.

For those who may be led to conclude that history is misogynistic, note that there are leading ladies of betrayal too in the annals of history as there are living amongst us in the here and now.

Doña Marina, a Nahua woman, was sold into slavery at a young age, and ended up working as a courtesan to Hernan Cortes as he and the Spaniards began their conquest of the Aztecs in 1519.

Within a few weeks of her sale to Cortes, he realized that Marina had the linguistic skills necessary to serve as a translator, being familiar with the Aztec language, as well as Mayan and Spanish.

These skills made her an essential and valuable asset to Cortes, and he eventually fathered a son with her. To many indigenous tribes, and eventually some Mexican people, Marina was the ultimate traitor, a woman who betrayed her own people...

...and used her unique position to inform Cortes’ decisions and make his conquest possible. Even today, she is often referred to as La Chingada, which loosely translates as, “The fucked one.” The relevance of this you will understand sooner with the one tagged suicide bomber...

Now to the main puzzle having given you all the keys. In a maze there are many paths that may seem to be a way but certainly not the way. Many may be led to believe the betrayals of our time are working towards 2023 but recall that poor souls operate in the wants for the now.

The Brutus and Dona Marina Of our time like Judas are being used just as much as Caesar is being fooled by the courtiers. Whether for love, for money, political Power or just for the fun of it, hideous betrayal never fails to make for a compelling story.

We are living in yet another Orwellian bleak Dystopian novel about a people struggling beneath the thumb and constant surveillance of an all powerful government that fails to see the dysfunction within itself. But are we close to an ‘Et tu, Brutus?’ Moment? 🤔

Here is how the vision pictured it.
It began with the deep seethed curated vengeance of the Marquise de Merteuil in our story. Who like Dona Marina was from a humbling background bundled into arranged union & transported with a hilux amidst tubers of yam into matrimony.

Caesar here is a mere pun in the game according to the vision who value expires shortly after the election is either rigged, bought or presumed won. This is where the plot twist emerges with the connivance of Dona Marina/Marquise with Brutus in a morbid plot dispose of Caesar.

In the vision, the Romans (Aztecs) are well aware of the seasonal illness of the Emperor as well as his close shaves with the great beyond, to suspect any foul play in the plots ahead but this time would there be a return shortly before the beginning of a new term? 🤔

I gripped my pillow to avoid losing track of the tale then I saw that several masks were falling off the face of close allies. Brutus was to be made King & as a compensation the pretentiously bereaved Marquise was to be made the Vice to appease ethnic & gender sentiments.

I woke up to the roar of thunder, while the winds eased itself into the room. What could these mean I thought to myself. Could Caesar be in danger even amidst those he assumed got his back? What is the fate of the Romans in this conundrum? 🤔

It was clear from history and in the vision that Brutus is an effigy, muppet and puppet with no purpose of his own but to be tooled under the thumbs of purists. Suffice to say Rome will be ruled indirectly by local imperialists if the plot is allowed to manifest.

Aztec never remained the same and neither would Rome as seen clearly in the vision. Would Marquise get her comeuppance in her role? What would be the end of Brutus in this case? And the conniving courtiers? I believe we’re all going to live through the rest and fill the gaps. 🧐

...End of Celestial Observation...

This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, events, locales, and incidents are either the products of the author's imagination or used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental. 😇

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