The gleeful overreach the tech barons and Democrats are engaging in now strongly suggests they believe they've won for good and will never have to worry about another populist outsider again. I don't doubt the Roman Optimates thought the same when they murdered Tiberius Gracchus and 300 of his supporters.
Oh whoops, that just pissed off his brother Gaius Gracchus, who's now riling up the deplorable plebs too. Ah well, just kill him and 3,000 of his supporters, that's that solved right?
Wait, here comes Marius with a small army of freed gladiators. Guess he won't be as easy to get rid of. Call in Sulla and hope Marius doesn't murder too many of the elites while he can, now the Popularis problem is solved for good right?
Aw crap, now Quintus Sertorius just turned Spain into a base for his rebellion against the Senate. Well, send Pompey to solve that issue the same way Sulla solved the problems Marius made and call it a day...
Hmm, why's there boss music heralding the entry of this 'Gaius Julius Caesar' character onto the political arena? Maybe doubling down on the suppression of the political opposition, up to and including mass-murdering them, without resolving any of the issues motivating them to oppose you in the first place is actually a losing strategy in the long run. Especially when your opponents tend to be well-armed even before all their fears are validated in rapid succession.
Hmm, why's there boss music heralding the entry of this 'Gaius Julius Caesar' character onto the political arena? Maybe doubling down on the suppression of the political opposition, up to and including mass-murdering them, without resolving any of the issues motivating them to oppose you in the first place is actually a losing strategy in the long run. Especially when your opponents tend to be well-armed even before all their fears are validated in rapid succession.
Okay, so we just knifed him in the back after he was nothing but magnanimous to us. That should be the end of it...wait, Mark Antony is rabble rousing and the plebs are pissed.
What's this about "Augustus?" Nah, he's just a kid, focus on Antony.
Edit: Even worse, at least the Optimates had the defence of "Tradition." What does the Establishment have?
The gleeful overreach the tech barons and Democrats are engaging in now strongly suggests they believe they've won for good and will never have to worry about another populist outsider again. I don't doubt the Roman Optimates thought the same when they murdered Tiberius Gracchus and 300 of his supporters.
Oh whoops, that just pissed off his brother Gaius Gracchus, who's now riling up the deplorable plebs too. Ah well, just kill him and 3,000 of his supporters, that's that solved right?
Wait, here comes Marius with a small army of freed gladiators. Guess he won't be as easy to get rid of. Call in Sulla and hope Marius doesn't murder too many of the elites while he can, now the Popularis problem is solved for good right?
Aw crap, now Quintus Sertorius just turned Spain into a base for his rebellion against the Senate. Well, send Pompey to solve that issue the same way Sulla solved the problems Marius made and call it a day...
Hmm, why's there boss music heralding the entry of this 'Gaius Julius Caesar' character onto the political arena? Maybe doubling down on the suppression of the political opposition, up to and including mass-murdering them, without resolving any of the issues motivating them to oppose you in the first place is actually a losing strategy in the long run. Especially when your opponents tend to be well-armed even before all their fears are validated in rapid succession.
What's this about "Augustus?" Nah, he's just a kid, focus on Antony.
Edit: Even worse, at least the Optimates had the defence of "Tradition." What does the Establishment have?