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World History

martymar64

(4,854 posts) Thu May 19, 2011, 09:06 PM May 2011

The Gracchi. Reformers or schmucks?

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The Gracchi. Reformers or schmucks? (Original Post) martymar64 May 2011 OP

The Gracchi = The Kennedys Odin2005 May 2011 #1

Meh. They were dress rehearsals for Caesar's dismantling of the Republic Bucky Dec 2011 #2

Odin2005

(53,521 posts)

1. The Gracchi = The Kennedys

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Thu May 19, 2011, 10:01 PM

May 2011

Obama is Marius.

Bucky

(55,334 posts)

2. Meh. They were dress rehearsals for Caesar's dismantling of the Republic

Reply to Odin2005 (Reply #1)

Sat Dec 17, 2011, 09:17 AM

Dec 2011

Other than being killed off, I don't see the parallels. The Gracchi were revolutionaries while the Kennedys just wanted to make the world a little more fair.

And FDR was Marius. Obama is Valentinian, the last good one before it all starts to fall apart.

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