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Originally posted by RACooper
But I would really worry about it... Rome railed against the incursions of "non-Romans" before the Empire... but it wasn't the divergant ethnic communities that brought about Rome's fall... but political curroption and rampant inflation.
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Political corruption is a big problem. Guys like Orrin Hatch can be bought and sold right now. There's a gentlemen (who happens to be a
SN running for US Senate here in my state. He has been known to say that the best investment in the state is a victorious political campaign.
And that seems about right.
It's a tough balance to take care of the needs of both corporations and people. Political corruption really upsets the balance. Comparing the US to Rome in that respect is a little off though. Our society is FAR more complex than Roman society was from an economic and technological standpoint.
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