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January 6 2022

Pisistratus (Πεισίστρατος Peisistratos; c. 600 – 527 B.C.E) ruler Athens during the period between 561 and 527 BC, known for unification of Attica, his legacy lies primarily in his institution of the Panathenaic Games, championing of the lower class of Athens is an early populism. In power, he did not hesitate to confront the aristocracy and greatly reduce their privileges, confiscating their lands and giving them to the poor. Peisistratus became known as an Athenian general who captured the port of Nisaea in the nearby city-state of Megara in approximately 565 B.C.E. This victory opened up the unofficial trade blockage that had been contributing to food shortages in Athens during the previous several decades.

Peisistratids is the common family for the three tyrants, who ruled in Athens from 546 to 510 B.C.E, referring to Peisistratos and his two sons, Hipparchos and Hippias. Perceived to be a good tyranny and accepted by the people. Tyrants obtained their ruling position by force or other unconstitutional means, and they did not inherit this authoritarian role in the manner of a king or via monarchial succession. However, once in power, many tyrants attempted to establish the propagation of their rule by passing the leadership mantle to their sons. In Athens a tyrant would come from the ranks of aristocrats, but would frequently rally the poor and powerless to their cause in a bid to obtain power. To ease their transition into power and encourage societal security, tyrants could elect to keep the status quo for government institutions and laws, and even legacy officeholders, rather than purge them.

In Herodotus' view as documented in the Histories, after assuming power for the first time, Peisistratos managed the city of Athens by maintaining the government and political office structure as is with no changes to existing laws. However, after reassuming control in 546 B.C.E for his third stint as head of state, Herodotus allows that he firmly established his tyranny with his mercenary force, increased his revenues from mining sources in Attica and Mt Pangaeus, placed opponents' children as hostages on the island of Naxos, and exiled both Alkmeonids as well as other Athenian dissenters Pomeroy reaffirms Herodotus' commentary regarding Peisistratos third turn in power, adding that Peisistratos installed relatives and friends in the offices of various archonships and detained the children of some Athenians as hostages to deter future uprisings and discourage opposition.

Rosivach writes that the Peisistratid dynasty did not fundamentally change the government as originally created by Solon; instead, they maintained power by installing allies in important governmental positions, threatening force as needed, and using marriage alliances, all being tactics residing outside the constitution and law. Forsdyke chronicles the certain usage of Greek words by Herodotus in his Histories in reference to Peisistratos' tyranny and advocates that a society ruled by a tyrant has weak citizens while a democratic society has strong and free people.

Peisistratos died in 527 or 528 B.C.E, and his eldest son, Hippias, succeeded him as tyrant of Athens. Hippias, along with his brother, Hipparchus, kept many of the existing laws included taxed the Athenians at no more than five percent of their income. In 514 B.C.E, a plot to kill both Hippias and Hipparchos was conceived by Harmodius and Aristogeiton, after Hipparchos had unsuccessfully solicited the younger Harmodius and subsequently insulted his sister. However, Hipparchus was the only one assassinated. Hippias was the actual leader of Athens, remaining in power for another four years. During this time, Hippias became more paranoid and oppressive in his actions, killing many of the Athenian citizens.

The Alcmaeonid family helped depose the tyranny by bribing the Delphic oracle to tell the Spartans to liberate Athens, which they did in 510 B.C.E. Following the capture of their children, Hippias and the other Peisistratids were forced to accept the terms dictated by the Athenians to recover their children and were exiled, being provided safe passage to Sigeion. Hippias, eventually joined the court of King Darius of Persia, and went on to aid the Persians in their attack on Marathon (490 B.C.E) during the Greco-Persian Wars, acting as a guide.

January 6 a Oligarch product of Nixon Southern strategy appalling the foundation of US and original sin race—the economics of running society by salves, since there is not wages and disregard of their humanity, the Southern secession driven to maintain economy of slaves, while  only the plantations owners whom, benefice, for the rest appeal grievance by have sense they could become part of this elite and because race the white poor felt better—the US many call a conservative society which know many populist movements in the Midwest come from the fact the plantation elites disfranchise their own to maintain power they have the other, the outsider the ones who does look like them, blaming the outsider.

The white supremacist ideology and identity run so deep in the DNA of US, Nixon, Regan and the Bushes set the machine, the economic meltdown of 2008 brought an Africa American to clean the meltdown, but the white elites could not accept, open door, Russia insecurities and dreams of Empire based in 19^th Russification installing a narcissists white supremacist when test in crises killing 800,000 + due to his ego and incompetence, the Party of Lincoln an irony become a cult and with illusion the minority will dominated the Government.

Their Problem women (Abortion is to able to control them, because they only function they see is procreation), people of Colour (African American, Latin and Asian)—the reason to return only white immigration of 1900´s was to diminish the population to maintain white dominance.

The structure is rigged and elites know—because is stack in their direction, but not just enough they have gate keepers in education, economics, but the rules only applied to the one whom does not have power. For the elites to maintain control is power all cost elections, democracy or majority does not have value and when they lost, their view the lost to a bigger crooks than ‘themselves. For that reason they could not accept defeat because the only way they can maintain power is by being crooks.

They Republican elites sold to the white population in the US— especially lower in economic ladder the reason for their poverty, since Regan economics was based on idea rising to the bottom. The slave economics where wages did not exist, the plantation owner have 100% profit, race to the bottom was ideal to achieve not wages, their lost to the outsiders—not because elites sold them. 45 governs base on white supremacist ideology because the only to benefice is to himself—me is the base of the elites.