Exactly, my friend. The shortened version (which most people know) is, frankly, inaccurate.

The reason I think it applies to Trump is that he is just like those other tyrants, other autocrats, other strongmen through history.


A well reasoned argument is like a diamond: impervious to corruption and crystal clear - and infinitely rarer.

Here, as elsewhere, people are outraged at what feels like a rigged game -- an economy that won't respond, a democracy that won't listen, and a financial sector that holds all the cards. - Robert Reich