This is so weird, did he miscalculate how intense the backlash would be? or he truly doesn't care?
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Or he's completely deranged and the drugs have irreversibly damaged his mind. Both scenarios, or some intersection therein, are plausible.
Or, more likely, to institute some kind of perpetual monarchy passed down through his 14 kids.
Lots of examples from American history too though where things turn out better like https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Girard
lose -> lost
loose -> loosened