@dgar@aus.social Public sadism was popular with crazy Roman emperors too. The destruction of Jerusalem kept the bloodbath of gladitorial games alive & profitable for decades. https://www.harvardmagazine.com/2000/09/the-roman-theater-of-cru-html https://brill.com/display/book/edcoll/9789004400474/BP000015.xml That is what Trump wants, the trappings of a muderous emperor & centuries of dispossession & diaspora. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arch_of_Titus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Jerusalem_(70_CE) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damnatio_ad_bestias