The Jewish festival of Purim, which celebrates the theme of resistance to cruelty, recalls a plot in ancient Persia to kill the Jewish population. Examples include Queen Vashti refusing to dance for the king's entourage, and Sen. John McCain refusing to support a bill abandoning health care for millions in America. These examples of courage can be found in contrast to modern examples such as Archbishop Damaskinos Papandreou who refused to turn over Jews to Nazi authorities. The U.S. administration is rebranding its violent deployments within America as law and order, which they want to normalize and monetize. The author suggests that principled resistance would expose the would-be kings ordering these policies.