I would argue that the decline of the Roman Empire has more to do with climate than any one leader
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Not that leaders don’t have tremendous influence - they do - but strength of a political system ultimately comes down to resources
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Yeah but Commodus's reign happened after the Antonine Plague, which did far more to weaken the Empire than Commodus.
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the modern US president has far more power than any official in the roman republic, I actually think empire analogy works
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Is counterpointing one's tweet a warning that a deletion may be coming? What if I want to jeet over thair?
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the better example is China where the bureaucracy was so large and entrenched that it acted as check on all but the worst emperors
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