re: Bread and circuses

I fear the correlation between nazis rise and china.

Prior to the war Ford and GM as well as others supplied Germany knowing what the goods would be used for. Today its Google/etc helping chini knowing the AI is for the military.

Heroes like Lindbergh touting how the Germans are so much better than the US, insert Lebron and others.

Europe turning a blind eye as Germany becomes more and more aggressive, insert chini and HK/Taiwan, trade threats to Australia and others, bitch slapping our new SOS for the world to see.

Persecuting Jews for the world to see and nothing, chini and muslims.

I sometimes feel I am the only one in the theater watching a movie...and I know how it ends.

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Yep, they lasted 200 years

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I won’t argue this because we will take away from the post. Augustus was a boss but he also knew how to keep the Senate happy by making them feel important. He kept a facade of a Republic going but he was doing it for appearances.

Rome was sacked by people from the border whose relatives were offed big time by Julius Caesar. The Visigoths are our Mexico/Central America. And there were plenty of them living within Rome as mercenaries.

After Marcus Aurelius, Rome began a series of inept/crazy/hoarding/villainous emperors. Caligula is Joe Biden. Crazy and demented with odd peculiarities. Although not certain Caligula was a puppet.