The Trial of the Gods for Crimes Against Humanity

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Imagine Zeus pleading the Fifth, Poseidon flooding the courtroom, and Dionysus swearing on a wine glass. Funny? Yes. Familiar? Uncomfortably so.

This essay stages a Monty Python–style trial of the Greek and Roman gods for their crimes against humanity. But the joke isn’t just divine mischief—it’s a mirror. Every absurd objection, every thunderbolt filibuster, every goat in the jury echoes what we see in our own leaders: impunity, arrogance, and justice played as theater.

We laugh, then we recognize ourselves. And that recognition is the point.

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