History buffs will know that every authoritarian leader eventually converges on some version of: "I *am* the state. I can not break the law, I am the law, the law is instantiated in me."
Our march to authoritarianism so far has been excruciatingly by-the-book. Hitting every beat. No surprises.
https://shiitake.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:twjze4qqf6fgxz33ct52wlnl&cid=bafkreieg5qrgyasdtedfsypgl36pzn5nyo2ghtxoevcqvxo4chqbafs35i
David Roberts /
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2025-02-15 19:03:15
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2025-02-15 19:03:15Event JSON
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