spooky take
occurred maybe the case for pessimism rn is not any particular policy by the administration or woke people taking over everything or gadsden flag mobs or whatever
rather its that the us government seems incapable of responding to new crises and they accumulate
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Flee to Central Europe like I did. All is grace in these hills north of Vienna.pic.twitter.com/v4ZQumPE8i
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Trouble is, where do they let you in with a path to citizenship in a reasonable timeframe if you're (a) retired and (b) not super-rich
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third century. whatever
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i always disliked how the century number was year / 100 + 1. i mean, obviously it makes sense, but that doesn't mean i have to like it
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I don’t have an answer, but the question I often search for is “which Romans had the best time during the collapse of the Roman Empire”
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was it patricians chilling out in their villas kind of leaning toward this cities seem like theyre gonna have a bad time perhaps
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Consider also that the Romans recovered from the crisis by transitioning from a relatively hands-off government to an absolutist military monarchy. If the answer to building state effectiveness is adding state power, we should look now for ways that don’t involve genuflecting.
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