Ah yes, we stood strong together at Cannae, even if Hannibal's forces won the day. *pours one out*
Don't @ me with "but we're fashioned after Roman civic and republican models; you're being unfair."
1. A relationship "for thousands of years" doesn't describe that
2. There's no way in hell the president* understands the political culture of republicanism, Roman or otherwise.
1. A relationship "for thousands of years" doesn't describe that
2. There's no way in hell the president* understands the political culture of republicanism, Roman or otherwise.
Like Trump is gonna shamble on up to the podium, do his squinty-eyed "I'm gonna say a smart thing" face, and be like "As JGA Pocock so pithily described in The Machiavellian Moment, Roman republicanism was a powerful strand of political and civic culture in the 18th century."
I mean, it would take him at least three tries to say "pithily"
