Post #3344137
2026-06-14 13:28 UTC
@spaf@mstdn.social
> Historical comparisons to Roman imperial decline are incorrect.
Actually, such comparisons are entirely accurate and valid. The mechanics of corruption in power have remained unchanged from the days of the first cave empire to the present day.
> But the Romans had better roads, principled senators, and respect for science.
That was also the case in America during Roosevelt's presidency and up until Kennedy's.
Corruption and the decline of the ...
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@dougmerritt@mathstodon.xyz 2026-06-14 16:45
@ohir@social.vivaldi.net @spaf@mstdn.social "All right, but apart from the sanitation, medicine, education, wine, public order, irrigation, roads, the fresh water system and public health, what have the Romans ever done for us?" -- Reg, in Monty Python's 'Life of Brian' (1971)