Mohammed Mossadegh

GERMANY’S BND TO BECOME A BRANCH OF THE CIA?

5/5 (16) Yesterday, you'll recall, the subject for our discussion and high octane specualtion was the recent German Defense Ministry designating Russia as the principal military threat, this amid other stories about Germany's intention to re-vivify…
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Oligarchs, Demagogues, and Mass Revolts against Democracy

In ancient Rome, especially during the late Republic, oligarchs resorted to mob violence to block, intimidate, assassinate or drive from power the dominant faction in the Senate. While neither the ruling or opposing factions represented the interests of the plebeians, wage workers, small farmers or slaves, the use of the ‘mob’ against the elected Senate, the principle of representative government and the republican form of government laid the groundwork for the rise of authoritarian “Caesars” (military rulers) and the transformation of the Roman republic into an imperial state.