Let's all be honest here and acknowledge that Cicero would have pimped his soundcloud in the replies too.
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The question is wether the much faster speed of information dissemination will accelerate the pace of this decay. I’m guessing that the answer is probably yes
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Good question. I imagine it does accelerate things. Note however that the major trend the author cites is increasing inequality caused by structural economic changes and wealth concentration, and even now those still occur on timescales measured in decades.
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I should read the article before chiming in uninvited
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I tend to think historical comparisons have a massive “overfitting” problem. Tiny sample size. We only see 1 Rome but we need to observe 1000, ideally in parallel... History may be great in predicting micro behaviour (envy, greed). Macro behaviour is harder to predict.
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Inequality probably *is* an issue... This time around though, it is reasonable to expect it playing out different. I’d be shocked if the 1/∞ sample turned out to be representative.
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An exaggeration (but point taken) When I start to see a ‘reality star’ 5-star general like a cross of Douglas MacArthur and Kim Kardashian, Then yea maybe. And then I’m buying land in Auckland.
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Illegal migrant caravan = Visigoths in a Trojan Horse.
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So, maybe I actually will be dead before things fall apart? Great!
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Trump = Grachi Bros. Next step is for someone competent to accomplish what Trump's success hints is possible. Perhaps someone will figure out how to be a general and simultaneously being some sort reality tv star.
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that’s almost 50% to the end
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