A strange thing about this Kashoggi/Saudi business is how shocked everyone\u2019s presenting, when American culture, right now in 2018, has MULTIPLE idiomatic expressions for \u201cif you challenge a monarch\u2019s rule, they will kill you\u201d.
Like, \u201cWhen you play the game of thrones, you win or you die.\u201d What did you think that meant? The sentiment\u2019s so seemingly accepted we use it as a metaphor for other things \u2013 \u201cIf you come at the king, you best not miss.\u201d But here people are, aghast that that exact situation plays out exactly as the proverbs say.
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