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[-] mhague@lemmy.world 195 points 3 weeks ago

Nonviolent direct action has earned them the label "terrorists."

[-] zarathustra0@lemmy.world 98 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

"The closer the collapse of the Empire, the crazier its laws are."

~~Marcus Tullius Cicero~~ Someone

[-] Quik@infosec.pub 28 points 3 weeks ago

Grrrrr, he very likely didn't say that.

The closest to it I could find is “The more corrupt the state, the more numerous the laws” by Tacitus (The Annals of Imperial Rome).

Cicero lived at the end of the republic, his problem wasn't too many laws...

[-] olafurp@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago

Bang on mate. It's here in the "Misattributed" section https://en.m.wikiquote.org/wiki/Cicero

[-] olafurp@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

Cicero was world class complainer after all.

[-] NoForwardslashS@sopuli.xyz 62 points 3 weeks ago

When the sentence is the same for non-violent protest and for actual terrorism, don't be surprised if things get more extreme quickly.

[-] nothingcorporate@lemmy.today 43 points 3 weeks ago

Just more newspeak, like Trump calling everything he posts online "truths" while being nothing but lie after lie.

[-] floo@retrolemmy.com 20 points 3 weeks ago

The Ministry of Truth -> MiniTrue

Truth Social -> 💩💨

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