☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmygrad.ml to memes@hexbear.netEnglish · 5 days agoKing Canute orders the tide not to comelemmygrad.mlimagemessage-square12linkfedilinkarrow-up1102arrow-down10cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1102arrow-down1imageKing Canute orders the tide not to comelemmygrad.ml☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmygrad.ml to memes@hexbear.netEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square12linkfedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squarepurpleworm [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·5 days agoThe original meaning of the myth, to be fair, was that Canute was demonstrating that his authority meant nothing to the laws of the universe, to whom God alone is king.
minus-square☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmygrad.mlOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·5 days agoTrump’s like an inadvertent Canute here.
The original meaning of the myth, to be fair, was that Canute was demonstrating that his authority meant nothing to the laws of the universe, to whom God alone is king.
Trump’s like an inadvertent Canute here.