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When rulers define dissent as insanity, debate disappears.

Under Caligula, critics could be reframed as unstable rather than opposed.

Pathologizing disagreement is one of history’s oldest political tools. 🔥🏛️

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https://brewminate.com/caligula-power-madness-and-the-politics-of-discrediting-dissent-in-ancient-rome/

Caligula and the Pathologizing of Political Dissent

Caligula reframed political opposition as madness, revealing a lasting strategy of power that delegitimizes dissent by questioning sanity rather than substance.

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