09-15-2020, 03:17 AM
(09-14-2020, 04:53 AM)cookie2 link Wrote:@Crash.Indeed. And the less political power the people had, the more the army had, and the less effective it was.
Did not the Roman Empire rot from within?
Becoming and remaining Emperor became the job of the ruler, not actually ruling or making hard decisions. Empire fell to barbarians, yes, but it wouldn't have where it not rotten.
Sounds like us at the the late 1990's and early 2000's.
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