Nothing like compressing 500 years of fall and decline to make your modern day point about income inequality! Disparity Delenda Est!https://twitter.com/antoniogm/status/1058871648219099136 …
He was only commenting on the transition from democracy to dictatorship, not the overall fall. Note the headline...it's about republicanism, not the Romans themselves.
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Cmon. Slightly more complicated
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Everything is. But you could cite other societies where spiraling inequality, among other factors, created turmoil. Looking at a complex historical process and discounting reason A because reasons B and C were also involved is hardly a strong argument.
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More broadly, it's hard to find examples of functioning democracies with dramatic wealth inequality.
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Sample size is pretty small
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