Source: Dante by the River Lethe

If he really only wanted to "cut leeks"... that would be fine.

Today I want to talk about Trump, who is about to take office. He chose to issue a meme coin named after himself with high profile on the eve of taking office. It has skyrocketed by more than 20,000%, and its current total market value exceeds US$20 billion.

To be honest, it took me a whole day to convince myself that this was not the Fake News that Lao Chuan often said, because I thought this matter was so nonsense. An elected U.S. president chose to do something about himself. Is there a high-profile issue of his own mein coins on the eve of taking office? The effect of this smash was no less than that of a nun with both moral integrity and devout faith who chose to make a small movie in high profile before being canonized as a saint by the Holy See. I once wondered if Trump was not ready to do it anymore.

But after thinking about it carefully, I feel that he may indeed have a plan of his own - but this plan, if it is really successful, is likely to change the future of the United States and even all mankind. Pushed into an unknown and high-risk abyss.

Please allow me to use a long article to analyze for you the logic of Trump’s actions and the costs and risks he will pay.

Before I officially start writing the article, I would like to apologize and explain to the two groups of readers that this article will definitely offend.

The first wave of readers were die-hard Sichuan fans in China.

If you are my old reader, you should know that I am an author who has always been friendly and gentle towards Trump in the Simplified Chinese self-media circle. Many of my first batch of readers and friends were Trump’s Sympathizers, even die-hard advocates. But I think it’s okay to sympathize with and support Trump, but it must not turn into a personality cult. If you support Trump until the end, you will create a saying: “We will firmly support whatever Trump affirms; whatever Trump opposes, we will firmly support him.” We will resolutely criticize." So what is the essential difference between your support for Sichuan and the various extreme personality cult concepts that you hate and oppose? Not only is it a departure from the kind of liberal-conservative ideals that have worthy supporters;It is the greatest betrayal of the concepts of modern social democracy and the rule of law.

What we believe in and follow are ideas and systems, but never and should not be individuals. This truth is even higher than all ideological disputes. Those who do not recognize it do not possess modernity. In the world of Water Margin, the black silk Li Kui, the eldest brother Song Jiang who kills people when asked to do so, and kills children when asked to do so, is more suitable for his image.

The second wave of readers are probably the legendary “coin circle bosses”.

In this article I will tend to deny the positive value of meme coins (note, only meme coins, not all cryptocurrencies).

But even if I say something so cautiously, I guess there will still be people who play coin games and criticize me - do you dare to say that? At first glance you don’t understand economics!

There is no other way. I have already boarded the ship. Is the benefit relevant? I generally do not deny the value of meme coins, just as I generally do not advise friends who have returned from traveling somewhere in the southwest and bought specialties such as "silver combs" or "chicken blood jade" at high prices to tell them directly: This is a piece of shit. Not worth much money.

But I still feel magical about this inevitable accusation - when did it start? Has the recognition of meme coins, altcoins, and air coins become a symbol of understanding economics?

I think this accusation is a typical logical fallacy. If you don’t play it, you definitely don’t understand? Following this line of thinking, a person who criticizes drug abuse can be characterized as someone who does not understand enjoyment, and a person who criticizes prostitution can be questioned as to whether he is a eunuch. It would also be very difficult for believers of the People's Temple or Aum Shinrikyo to come back to life through corpses. But those who criticized and condemned them for killing innocent people and committing suicide "don't even know what the true God is."

I may be exaggerating, but what I want to emphasize is that any effective discussion is not achieved by criticizing people. In this article, I will list why my evaluation of Enigma Coin generally tends to be negative. reason. If anyone can refute these reasons with good evidence, please leave a message to refute.

But I don’t accept any criticism that says “you don’t understand”.

The two easiest hats in the world are: "You don't understand" and "You have ulterior motives" - in other words, the legendary "either stupid or bad".

I always suspect that people who say this are actually neither stupid nor bad.

Okay, the stacking of armor is completed. If you accept my two cognitions above, then I will take you on a journey of thinking.

Here I must first educate my friends who don’t understand this industry at all. Although the Memecoin issued by Trump this time belongs to the same category as Bitcoin, Digital cryptocurrency. But the issuance logic of the two is essentially different.

To use a vivid metaphor, Bitcoin is more like gold in the real world. Its total issuance is based on its mathematical model and is bound by natural mathematical laws. In other words, even if it was first proposed and Satoshi Nakamoto, who issued Bitcoin, can’t decide what to do.How many Bitcoins are issued and the generation of Bitcoins are determined by countless "mining machines" around the world that use computing power to mine.

This is not the case with meme coins. Strictly speaking, meme coins are not even worthy of being called a currency. It is just a digital private stamp, or a digital commemorative medal. How many meme coins are issued initially depends entirely on the "coin owner" who issues it. The currency owner is the only "mine" and manufacturer of meme coins.

In fact, the meme coin thing was just a silly joke among Internet geeks at first, such as Dogecoin, which was issued by Billy Markus and Jackson Palmer in 2013. The mascot is the famous emoticon Shiba Inu, and the coin issuer is almost telling you clearly that we are just kidding, and those who are willing to buy this coin are giving us money for our creativity.

However, in the craziness of "nothing can be speculated" in the Internet circle, a very small number of meme coins unexpectedly continued their trading value.

To this day, the issuance and circulation of meme coins are still highly similar to online gambling - coin issuers and traders need to first exchange US dollars for a certain number of solana (a kind of voucher) on a website. ), register your own meme coin wallet, and then you can start trading or issuing coins. This website will not effectively review the currency issuance qualifications of the currency issuer.

So in theory, everyone (you don’t even need to be a human being, even if you really bring a Shiba Inu) can issue "coins" on this kind of platform. The value of the meme coins after they are issued completely depends on How many people are willing to pay how much money to buy it - in other words, the value of a meme coin depends entirely on how large a group of fans it can establish a "value consensus", and in turn depends on who its promoters are. A purely arbitrage method of monetizing a celebrity’s popularity.

Does it sound like meme coins are less like a currency and more like signed photos, personal stamps or commemorative medals that idols sent privately to fans in the past? Yes, aside from the fancy technical packaging that floats on the surface, the essence of meme coins is such a thing. It is different from Bitcoin. It has nothing to do with the underlying technology or decentralization - even the issuance mechanism of meme currency is exactly the opposite of Bitcoin. It is more centralized than traditional currency, and the center is its currency issuance. who.

It is very important to highlight the key points, which will be used later.

Because of this, on the sol chain platform where Trump announced the issuance of coins this time, millions of rice coins are announced every year, and there are still many coins that can survive the first month of coin issuance. The transaction value (that is, if you want to sell the meme coin in your hand, but someone is still willing to buy it), there is only one in ten thousand. 99.9999% of meme coins are essentially a stupid game and online gambling.

To sum up, compared with real currency, meme coins do not have any qualifications to become a real currency.

First of all, there was no reserve when it was issued, although a few meme coin owners had promised that if theyWhen meme coins fall below a certain issuance price, they will be exchanged one-to-one for holders, but so far no fool has actually done this, and all the coin issuers have finally chosen to cash out and run away.

Secondly, it does not have a central bank for effective control and supervision.

Whether meme coins will have a "rat warehouse" problem and whether the currency owner is ready to completely cash out and run away depends purely on the currency owner's personal mood and conscience. In the face of the huge temptation of interests, so far there has been no A meme coin issuer can survive more than three years without completely cashing out. Facts have proved that human consensus and conscience have not advanced to the extent that the central bank's regulatory system can be "decentralized" and the value of a currency can be maintained solely by a "gentleman's agreement" between an Internet celebrity and his fans. Don't study human nature.

Finally, and most importantly, it does not have natural scarcity like traditional currency or even Bitcoin.

The issuance quantity of traditional currency must be anchored to its reserves. Excessive issuance will cause hyperinflation. The issuance quantity of Bitcoin is even more anchored in mathematics. Unless God makes 1+1 no longer equal 2, no one can over-issue Bitcoin.

But where is the scarcity guarantee for meme coins? No, it all depends on the mood of the currency owner.

For example, Trump announced this time that he will issue 200 million Trump Coins first, and then 800 million more in the future, for a total of one billion. This number purely depends on his own mood and character. .

This is the reason why most meme currency owners will choose to cash out and run away at certain nodes - human nature cannot withstand postgraduate entrance examinations without rigid constraints.

And I think what King Wang said about issuing coins this time is a clear sign. Pay attention to his tweets. I issued this kind of coins to "celebrate" our victory.

What should be released during the celebration? Signed photos, commemorative medals?

When are you going to hear about a country issuing an extra amount of fiat currency to celebrate something?

Even if it does happen, this kind of situation is basically close to being finished.

So Meme Coin is not a currency at all. Its nicknames of altcoin and counterfeit currency actually reveal its essence.

But after such an analysis, a question arises - why does Trump, who should be aware of the properties of meme coins, still insist on issuing meme coins?

Uncle Sichuan, who is not short of money, will not be like those low-end internet celebrities who just want to "cut another wave of leeks" and cheat some money, right? If this were to happen, he should have had it cut after four years.

Of course, he is not. Their ambitions are so big - so big that a few years later, when Americans look back on this incident, they may wish: Mr. Sichuan, you really just wanted to get some money for cutting leeks... That would be great. Got it!

Here we must first refute a rumor for Lao Chuan. After this incident happened, many people in the Chinese and Chinese Internet circles spread rumors that "Trump issued currency and made huge profits (or even "cash out") xxx billion US dollars" and so on. This kind of sayingThe law is inaccurate and even ignores the facts in order to attack Trump.

Whether it is 24 billion U.S. dollars or the latest hundreds of billions of U.S. dollars, it is the total market value of the currently issued "Trump coins". And using common sense in stocks, we will know that the total market value cannot be It is directly equivalent to "cash out" and "make huge profits". The family has millions, and the hair does not count. If Trump really plans to imitate some Internet celebrities who are eager for quick success and cash out all the "Trump Coins" in his hands, then it will be similar to the "smashing" of stocks, and the value of Trump Coins will quickly shrink and fall. His arbitrage space will shrink significantly along with his own credibility. Although the amount of money finally cashed out will be huge, it will be far lower than the current market value of Trump Coin.

And to be honest, Lao Chuan has his own industry, and he is not a poor ordinary Internet celebrity who is eager to cash in his fame. The reason for his coin issuance is attributed to how much pension money he can earn for himself. This is ridiculous-according to 2024 statistics, Trump’s total assets are as high as $3.2725 billion.

Excuse me, what is the difference between the $3.2 billion that he actually spent on himself and the $24 billion that he is rumored to have made this time?

So the rush to say that Trump "made huge profits" of tens of billions is superficial and ridiculous.

The level of ridiculousness is similar to that of an old farmer in the countryside who imagines that if he becomes an emperor in the future, then "the whole village's feces will be under my control."

With the heart of a low-end internet celebrity, you can reach the heart of Uncle Sichuan. Quite funny.

Why does Lao Chuan, who is not short of money, want to issue coins again?

I think, based on the current information, his intention is to kidnap or privatize the Republican Party’s campaign funds.

Campaign funds are the blood of the operation of the two-party system in the United States. The fight between the Republican and Democratic parties in the United States or within them is essentially all about money.

The just past 2024 US election broke records again and became the most expensive election in US history, with the two parties spending a total of US$15.9 billion. This order of magnitude is actually the size at which the market value of "Trump Coin" can really be "used."

But the wool comes from the sheep. The campaign funds of the two parties are ultimately collected from voters or industrial giants who support them, but how to collect, manage and spend this money has always been a Republican issue. It is the main event that determines the distribution of power within the two democratic parties.

I remember that during the 2016 Hillary-Trump campaign, the Democratic Party had an intriguing internal scandal. At that time, Obama, who was about to leave office, had a copy of his main financial aid during the campaign. According to the traditional rules of the Democratic Party, Obama should hand over this crucial "list of donors" directly to his "successor" Hillary during the preparations for the campaign.

But Obama didn’t do that! His choice was to hand the list to the Democratic Party's federal headquarters, which would then forward the list to Hillary.

This delayed a lot of things. Hillary lost to Trump that year.Obama shared the blame, and the two of them were unhappy later.

But why does Obama have to do this? This explains a lot.

Some people say that this reflects the long-term discord between the Obama family and the Clinton family. Obama is actually very reluctant to use his reputation to endorse Hillary in fundraising.

But some people say that Obama’s move is an attempt to end the long-standing bad habit of major families in the Democratic Party privately granting “fundraising rights” and making secret transactions. There are many factions on the mountain, very similar to the "Godfather" style tradition of New York gangs.

But no matter what, whoever has the "fund-raising power" is the big brother, which will block the party's ability to elect candidates this time.

This truth is common to both the Republican and Democratic parties.

On the Republican side, after encountering the "Burning of Capitol Hill" incident in 2021 and the betrayal of the party establishment, Trump, who will make a comeback in 2024, has been thinking about one thing, which is to try to Transform the traditional Republican Party into a MAGA party loyal to himself. And he was actually close to accomplishing this last year.

The biggest sign of Trump’s success is that the campaign funds raised by the 2024 election and the party no longer enter the account of the Republican party as in the past, but enter the private account of a Trump campaign team , in this way, how the campaign money is spent, what strategies to use for propaganda, who to invest money for, and who not to invest, all are decided by Trump's personal signature.

This change. As a result, in the 2024 election, all Republican campaign activities did not include the same projects that Trump considered "unnecessary" or even opposed to him in 2020.

It must be said that he does spend his money wiser than the Republican establishment.

And you can imagine that if this pattern continues in the future, even if Trump is limited by his term and cannot participate in the next election four years later, the "successor" launched by the Republican Party will It must be from the Trump team, or the "MAGA Party".

But how to ensure that this "ideal future" is realized?

The answer may be just that-Trump Coin.

We have analyzed the first part of the article. Meme coins (this word is too difficult to type, so we will call it meme coins from now on) actually have no actual value in themselves. In the past, they were only used on the Internet. Hong's influence is realized, "cut another wave of leeks and run away."

But when it comes to Trump, he may develop a different use of meme currency-Trump may use it to "dilute" the voter opposition that only broke out during the election period in the United States. The Republican Party's enthusiastic support has turned into personal, long-term support and admiration for Trump.

Let us put it in simpler terms:

If you are a center-right or right-wing voter in the United States,If you share the philosophy of the Republican Party and basically agree with Trump’s ideas, then your main means of expressing support for the Republican Party and Trump in the past was to donate to party accounts during the campaign, or at most register as a volunteer to personally canvass votes. .

But as soon as Trump’s Trump Coin came out, the situation changed. Now as long as you have right-wing enthusiasm and want to shout "Greater America, King Trump!" or "Make America great again!" ", you can immediately log in to the sol chain, buy a few Trump coins with the real money on hand, and then tell yourself, I support Trump with practical actions!

In this way, this part of the support is conveniently solidified by Trump Coin.

The enthusiasm of American right-wing voters has been digested (or, more accurately, "accumulated") in ordinary times.

But please note that the ultimate beneficiary of this digestion and energy accumulation is no longer the Republican Party, but Trump personally.

Four years later, when the Republican Party needs to use this energy to organize campaigns, they will find that it may be difficult to raise money using traditional fundraising methods. Supporters will say, I already have the money. I bought Sichuan coins! By then, the Republican Party will have to beg from Trump, who has already "accumulated" support funds from the American right in advance.

Whether the money will be given or not, and to whom specifically? It all depends on the face of the "Sichuan Emperor".

We can even make a more extreme hypothesis (although based on existing economic common sense, I currently think this hypothesis is too science fiction):

If Trump Coin does not exist in four years Like ordinary meme coins, the value returns to zero, but it is still circulating at a high transaction value. What happens?

The conclusion is that it may really become a "common token" for allocating campaign funds within the American right-wing group -

For example, a certain person running for Congress in a certain place The praise of Lao Chuan, who is profound in words and deeds. Good work deserves reward! Then Trump could give him tens of thousands of "Trump coins" and let him exchange them with right-wing supporters for campaign funds, and he might be successfully elected as a congressman.

If this assumption really comes true, it means that Trump will not only control the four-year US presidential election and the party’s financial power, but also control the elections for legislators and governors in various states in the United States. , and even the financial power of the normally center-right media when it comes to propaganda.

This will be a kind of terrifyingly detailed control. Its mobilization power and dictatorship will be unprecedented in any president of the United States so far.

So Trump’s vision is vicious. As explained in the first part, meme currency is fundamentally different from Bitcoin. It is not decentralized, but is precisely stronger than traditional currency. Centralized. It is precisely because Trump saw this that he chose this, which is currently a joke, to try to fulfill his ambitions.

The emperor of ancient Rome printed his face on gold coins, which was only a nominal possession of monetary sovereignty. In fact, the Roman emperor had no way to control and restrict the flow of funds.

But once the "Trump Coin" issued by Trump is completed, it will really have an unprecedented terror control over the United States.

However, for any practice of strong ambitions, someone will always pay the price.

We have to ask, what price will the United States pay if Trump does this?

3. The "Stick of Marius" that alienated the United States

In the history of ancient Rome, there was a famous "Stick of Marius" Well, historians say, it was Marius' stick that spurred Rome's transformation and alienation from a republic to an empire.

Roughly speaking, this period of history happened like this - Ancient Rome originally pursued a citizen-soldier system that combined soldiers and farmers. Roman citizens usually farmed and did business. Once a war broke out, they had to Leave your own livelihood behind, prepare your own weapons and food, and participate in defending your home and country.

However, as the intensity and duration of Rome’s wars against foreign nations gradually increased and intensified, the citizen soldier system gradually became unable to adapt to the development of war. So after the tragic Second Punic War and the Jugurtha War, the consul Marius promoted the "Marian Military Reform" named after him.

Generally speaking, the content of the Marius Army Reform was to transform the original citizen conscripts into professional recruits, stipulating that all willing and qualified Roman citizens , including those without property, can enlist in the army. Funds were allocated directly from finance and taxation and handed over to the governors of the provinces or Dictator during wartime, who would purchase ordnance or convert it into food and pay, and distribute it to the soldiers under their command.

In the short term, Marius’s military reforms did greatly enhance the combat effectiveness of the Roman army, and Rome began to expand rapidly.

However, in the long run, one of the fatal changes caused by the transformation of the Marius Army was the qualitative change in the attributes of the soldiers - they were no longer simple citizens who were concerned about their distant hometowns and their wives, children and children, but They have become a group of mercenaries who can do anything as long as the general or governor pays money, provides food, and promises rewards.

The financial structure used by Rome to maintain the republic has also changed - in the past, citizen soldiers provided their own weapons and dry food to defend their homes and the country. The entire financial system that supported the army was chaotic and decentralized, but now it is controlled The money concentrator who fed and fed the soldiers became the governors of the provinces.

The soldiers even directly called the governor "Dominus (Latin: Lord, Master)", indicating absolute loyalty to him personally.

As a result, the governor's tail was too big to lose, so that he could cross the Rubicon like Caesar later, return to threaten the Senate, and become a lifelong Dictator. The road was paved.

It was at this time that the name "Marius' stick" appeared. Soldiers tied their supplies, military pay, and spoils of war to a stick. On a stick, carry it. And jokingly called it "Marius' stick".

Property as a citizenCare was replaced, and the soldiers were only loyal to the stick of Marius and Dominus who provided them with food and clothing behind the stick.

This stick finally triggered the fission of Roman history.

Comparing the past and the present, we will find that the "Trump Coin" issued by Trump this time is likely to become the "Marius' stick" that triggers the fission of American history.

Originally in the United States, although the prestige and influence of figures like the president are huge, they cannot be discounted immediately.

The president’s appeal requires the assistance of a whole set of political parties and pro-party media and foundations, especially their respective financial systems, to complete the mobilization of their supporters. Convert it into power for its use.

In this transformation process, the president’s appeal will be restricted by this series of intermediary tools, and a large number of social elites will ask questions in the process of completing this mobilization for the president. : Is the president’s call legal? Is it consistent with American traditions and norms? Is it in line with your own vital interests?

If it is not met, this mobilization cannot be achieved.

This constitutes a powerful objective binding force that prevents characters from acting arbitrarily.

The most typical example is actually the "Burning of Capitol Hill" incident that occurred in 2021.

Although Trump had the intention and power to mobilize his supporters to "storm the tower" in this process, he was unable to mobilize the Republican Party system that theoretically obeyed him to give legitimacy and follow-up to this kind of tower rush. support, so the movement ultimately failed.

Even Trump’s own Twitter account was banned after the incident.

But the new gameplay invented by Trump is likely to bypass this mature supervision system-because Trump directly uses Trump Coin to transfer his The influence is "discounted". As mentioned above, this system will also replace the entire set of fundraising agencies of the Republican Party and complete the "accumulation" of right-wing support in the United States. If Trump needs it in the future, he can use Trump Coin to directly distribute the most needed funds for his activities to his supporters.

In this way, the political power of voters to support Trump is immediately converted into financial power, and then the financial power is transformed into political power, directly pouring water into Trump’s die-hard supporters. Just like the electric transmission used in Hitler's beloved Porsche Tiger tank, this bypass bypassed the original American elite-controlled control system.

The result is that, just as after Marius’ military reform, the provincial governors were no longer under the control of the republic, Trump finally got rid of the “deep” (actually the mobilization of existing parties) that he hated. System) constraints and controls.

But just like the stick of Marius paved the way for Caesar to "cross the Rubicon", Trump will use the "stick of Marius" that he is no longer restricted to do. What? No one knows.

Please remember that a "convenient method" to bypass the constraints of the original system is always created by an ambitious careerist.It was twisted and corrupted to the point of absurdity by a group of greedy speculators.

In the troubled times of the "Crisis of the Third Century" in the Roman Empire, such a ridiculous thing happened - the Praetorian Guards set a price for the position of emperor and held a public auction, and the person with the highest price got it. The majestic Rome became a "cow" that the emperor and the Praetorian Guards jointly exploited the people for profit. Rome's originally noble "public affairs" became an ugly business. This was the inevitable consequence of the Mariusian military reform and the establishment of the system of direct feeding of the army by the governor.

In the same way, if Trump’s currency issuance path goes according to his plan, the final U.S. presidential election is likely to go astray like this——< /p>

For example, a certain person announces his candidacy for president and relies on extreme policy agenda to please the extreme people. After he succeeds in the election or even just creates a climate of dissent, he publicly announces the "coin issue" and then cuts off a wave of Leeks, achieve financial freedom and run away.

That will no longer be the case. Slogans, especially extreme slogans, will become tools for those with ulterior motives to seek huge profits.

Although I believe that Trump himself does not have this ambition - his goal is probably because of his experiences in the past four years, he is determined to take revenge and achieve his "crossing the Rubicon" to the Democratic and Republican establishments. And then take control of the overall situation.

But there is no doubt that he will become the "initiator" at this point - because he has opened up the exchange channel with money that was originally impossible to open. It has laid the foundation for more convenient systemic corruption in the United States.

Because - I might as well reiterate it again - any "convenient method" to bypass the constraints of the existing system is always created by an ambitious careerist and will eventually be used by a group of greedy speculators. distorted and corrupted by others.

What is the influence and appeal of a figure like the president?

It is supposed to be a social tool. It is not the influence of Trump that you hold entirely by yourself. People support you, Trump, because you represent a certain desire of quite a few Americans.

However, when Trump discounts the social influence of this kind of public weapon through the issuance of currency, the financial power of the money he obtains is private, even if Trump passes the funds through "Trump." "Pu Coin" is re-invested in activities, and the influence gained from its conversion only represents his personal will.

This will be the most sophisticated "quasi-money laundering" (laundering influence) and the most open-minded way of turning public money into private interests.

Can the American system contain Trump’s rampage? It seems difficult at the moment.

It is true that Congress can pass a law similar to "the president or the president-elect is not allowed to issue meme coins." However, such a law also needs to be signed by the president and recognized by the Federal Supreme Court as not unconstitutional before it can take effect.

That is, it must go through the three "cheese holes" of legislation, administration, and judiciary at the same time to finally achieve it and fill the gap in the institutional cage that the founding fathers of the United States could not even dream of.

But at least TrumpWhile in office, with his current influence and strength, he will definitely not allow such a self-flagellating bill to be passed.

What’s more, issuing coins may be just the first in a series of similar attempts by Trump in the future. Trump himself is a top smart businessman, and Musk is helping him. To be honest, I don’t really believe that a group of politicians can outsmart a team led by these two business geniuses.

As a result, a struggle between Ibrahimovic and the Senate over the destruction of the existing order and the maintenance of the existing order is about to begin with Trump's return to the White House.

And this will bet on the direction and destiny of the United States for hundreds of years.

Two thousand years ago, a very similar struggle was staged in Rome, but with the reform of Marius’ army, with Caesar crossing the Rubicon River, and with the people at Caesar’s funeral being hungry and cold, and Antony Sophistry, reckless calls for a "new Caesar", the Republicans were defeated by the Caesars, Rome gradually alienated from the republican era to an empire, and then inevitably and rapidly corrupted, and finally the barbarian Praetorian Guards sold out the throne. It ends in a ridiculous tone.

And this time, will the Republican resistance be more powerful and resolute? Or is the new Augustus heading towards his coronation?

The overture is over,

the curtain of the theater is opening,

we will wait and see.