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In conditions like this, opportunistic "counter-elite" figures like Trump are "typical actors," I wrote in 2020, "but some counter-elite figures — such as the Gracchi brothers during the Roman Republic — promote more just alternatives."

In such a case, a man might often find himself deceived, as were the Gracchi in Rome or as Messer Giorgio Scali was in Florence.

Opportunistic "counter-elite" figures like Donald Trump and Boris Johnson are typical actors in this phase, but some counter-elite figures — such as the Gracchi brothers during the Roman Republic — promote more just alternatives.

Incredibly, the review implies that Donald Trump is a bizarre reincarnation of the Gracchi brothers.

Just as the New Deal incurred the hatred of wealthy rightists by championing the deprived classes, so did the reforms of the Gracchi brothers incur the hatred of the Roman senators.