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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Replying to @eigenrobot
I’m genuinely curious though Robot because in the year I’ve gotten to know you, my observation is that you are generally hesitant about the system — and addressing these issues takes a much more robust one than we currently have, so what do
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Replying to @Westphalite
at a personal level i am going to think long and hard about what would be a good move for someone in rome on the eve of the second century crisis
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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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im imagining a remote government led by tech aristos living on feudal estates trying to rebuild the world while fending off roving hordes of normie bandits with automated defense weaponry
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