"I am the law."
Hitler, 1942
"There is no law but the law of the people & the people are me."
Gaddafi, 1975
"We have a constitution, but we must address the problems of the country first. The law is always behind when it comes to national survival."
Bashar Al-Assad, 2011
Trump, 2025:
Hitler, 1942
"There is no law but the law of the people & the people are me."
Gaddafi, 1975
"We have a constitution, but we must address the problems of the country first. The law is always behind when it comes to national survival."
Bashar Al-Assad, 2011
Trump, 2025:
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Are we in 25th amendment territory yet? Seems we had this conversation before before during 45's reign of error.
Richard Nixon, 1977
He who assassinates Trump does not violate any Law.”
"Well, when the president does it, that means that it is not illegal".
(Und war wohl uneingestandermassen das Motto fast jedes US-Präsidenten.)
I'm afraid of what Brazil will become in 2027
The difference between autocracy and anarchy is if the army is on your side, I guess.
US Army Major, quoted by Peter Arnett, Vietnam 1968
Musk/Trump’s just elevating it to national levels.
Louis XIV, 1655
The Crowd, July 14, 1789
-- Disclaimer: Like many, I both love and hate both movie versions of the comic.
Louis XIV
Sane America
Stochastic terrorism is a form of political violence instigated by hostile public rhetoric
Stochastic terrorism is accomplished with indirect, vague or coded language, which grants the instigator plausible deniability for any associated violence
Like he did leading up to J6
– Frédéric Bastiat
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/15/trump-court-rulings-lawsuits
If that doesnt work, a military coup.
-alledgedly Napoleon Bonaparte
Used to justify the worst abuses by the far-right terrorist in Oslo and Utøya in his manifesto (sent 90 minutes before the attack: 77 dead, 320 injured)... and by Trump.
https://bsky.app/profile/mypdt.bsky.social/post/3lic2mmuqsk26