Authoritarian rulers (Trump) aren’t new – here’s what Herodotus, an early Greek historian, wrote about them. Really!

A piece written by a nutty professor with Trump Derangement Syndrome! Or maybe she has just written another ghost story (see book cover below)! 😊

Does this professor of classics not know that democratically elected leaders based on a constitution and the rule of law did not exist during the time of Herodotus! So what is her comparison about?

Thus authoritarian leader were the rule back then!

Maybe the University of Massachusetts, Amherst should consider firing such an incompetent professor! Trumpian way! This professor does not even have a user profile on Google Scholar!

Caveat: I did not read the entire article.

"“No Kings” rallies. “Good Trouble” protests. “Rage against the Regime” uprisings. These events in the first seven months of President Donald Trump’s second term, along with public opinion polls, show that many Americans are concerned about Trump’s expansive use of executive power. ...

As a professor of classics, I know that concerns about authoritarianism go back thousands of years. One early discussion appears in the work of the fifth-century B.C.E. Greek writer Herodotus, whose “History” ..."

Authoritarian rulers aren’t new – here’s what Herodotus, an early Greek historian, wrote about them

The nutty professor Debbie Felton, Professor of Classics, UMass Amherst

One of her books (published 1999)