In a world that glorifies fame and cruelty, Caesar is seen as some kind of hero, or some kind of admirable historical leader. But what was it that Caesar actually did? PBS has a three part docudrama named "Julius Caesar, the Making of a Dictator," available on the PBS free app. What he actually did was horrible. What he actually did was exactly what the American Founding Fathers tried their best to make sure that their new U.S. Government would never be able to do.
What Caesar actually did was destroy and end the 500 year old Roman Republic and establish a dictatorship. Rome had a provision that a Consul could be deemed a dictator for a prescribed time, six months, to deal with a catastrophic crisis needing the powers of a dictator to deal with. That provision was part of the Roman Republican system. But Caesar forced the ever dwindling power of the Roman Senate to name him dictator for a year. There was no triggering catastrophic emergency that required a dictator, only the unbounded greed and ambition of a cruel and despotic ego of a flawed man.
And then Caesar decided that being a dictator for a year was not nearly good enough for his manic need for power so he forced the Senate to declare him dictator for life.
Oops.
The Senate appointed him dictator or life, and then they killed him. Fuck you, Caesar.
But the assassination of Caesar did not restore the Roman Republic. Factions went to war against each other and I think it was Octavius who came out on top declared himself Emperor. He was followed by the Emperors Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula, and Nero, etc. I think all of them claimed to rule over the Roman "Republic" but were actually cruel absolute dictators of different degrees of cruelty and incompetence.
And the Roman Republic was gone. Caesar ended 500 years of the Roman Republic in 15 years.
And so, here we are after 250 years of the United States democratically elected American Republic, in the process of being destroyed by a filthy excuse of a "man" in 10 years.
Will the U.S. Senate and Congress metaphorically "kill" Trump. That is why the Founders put impeachment and conviction into the Constitution, so that American senators had a "kill" process that was not actual assassination.
Time for the House and Senate to wake up and do their duty. Please.
