“Seneca had made the bargain that many good men have made when agreeing to aid bad regimes. On the one hand, their presence strengthens the regime and helps it endure. But their moral influence may also improve the regime’s behavior or save the lives of its enemies, even if it cost them their souls…The Rome he had been trained to serve, the Rome of Augustus and Germanicus, was gone. In its place stood Neropolis, ruled by a megalomaniac brat.”
James Romm, Seneca At the Court of Nero
It’s what we had for the last 8 years and almost got for the future with Hillary. It will take a very strong, sacrificing leader like Trump to overturn the damage done.