Ada Palmer on Nostr: This is not a story of the kind of resistance that groundswells and overthrows the ...

This is not a story of the kind of resistance that groundswells and overthrows the tyrants. The Medici stayed in power until the family died out, they were never overthrown. But they were *kept in check.* A line the conqueror doesn’t dare cross is a powerful line, that protects much behind it. 15/?