David Frum

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David Frum @davidfrum

Portraits of most of the doges hang overhead in the grandest chamber of the ducal palace on St Mark's Square. The portraits are fictionalized of course, nobody really knows what the early doges looked like. But they are almost all represented. Except for one ... 9/x — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Sept. 7, 2022

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One of the few republics to last even longer than the United States had to confront this problem. The republic of Venice endured for some 1100 years. Its chief magistrate was called a "doge." Portraits of most of the doges ... 8/x — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Sept. 7, 2022

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In 1354, then-doge Marino Falieri organized a coup d'etat to overthrow the Venetian republic and install himself as some kind of autocrat or monarch. The coup failed. Venetians were faced with the same problem of memory that Americans face with Trump. 10/x — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Sept. 7, 2022