• wildncrazyguy138
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    1374 months ago

    A modern day Cincinnatus, the Supreme Court just made him a consul and he just chose to go back to being a common man for the good of the republic.

    If this plays out, he’ll go down in history books as the man who sacrificed himself to save Democracy.

    • @Wogi
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      724 months ago

      Fun fact, Thomas Jefferson thought of himself a modern day Cincinnatus, and mused romantically about going back to his farm.

      He was famously terrible at farming. The fact stops being fun here and gets real dark real fast.

      • Billiam
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        484 months ago

        The fact stops being fun here and gets real dark real fast.

        Like Jefferson’s family tree!

      • @[email protected]
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        204 months ago

        His slaves were great at it though. Because if they weren’t… well… you can guess.

      • @Olhonestjim
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        124 months ago

        Yeah well, not like he was the one toiling in his fields.

      • @Gradually_Adjusting
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        114 months ago

        He was probably envious of the very flattering way Washington was described as a Cincinnatus.

        You know, a guy who actually gave up a chance at seizing power over a fledgling democracy, multiple times, just because it would make him look bad.*

        *I know “His Excellency” was not a great guy, let’s skip the rant this time

        • @Wogi
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          44 months ago

          He was!

          He compared himself to Cincinnatus as he stepped away from governing Virginia, which he was also famously terrible at. So this was prior to Washington stepping down.