When I first started picking up the signals of this civilizational turn in July 2024, it was still mainly by inference and subtext. Since then it has become increasingly explicit and codified. Rubio's speech now serves as its definitive expression but also its mature form: a return to empire.

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I remember hearing the adults talk about that 1979 film Caligula in hushed whispers. And when I could I started researching. So when Ed Luce described the Trump Administration as a Caligulan orgy, I knew right away it’s the perfect characterization: SEX, MADNESS, SELF-DEIFICATION, MURDER. Yep.

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Each appearance you make on MoJo shines out like a shaft of gold when all around Is dark (to paraphrase Oscar Wilde from this Monty Python sketch) youtu.be/UxXW6tfl2Y0?...

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“…after the Caligulaian orgy of corruption…there’s no coming back for Trumpism.” — Thanks for that pithy synopsis, @edwardluce.bsky.social

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Why Trump is going for Zelenskyy’s jugular—I am unqualified to make psychological judgments but an amateur can see that Trump is blaming Volodymyr Zelenskyy for a problem of his own making. www.ft.com/content/1724... @edwardluce.bsky.social @financialtimes.com

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