ssillyssadass@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 1 day agoWas the fall of Rome this stupid?message-squaremessage-square56fedilinkarrow-up1228arrow-down19
arrow-up1219arrow-down1message-squareWas the fall of Rome this stupid?ssillyssadass@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 1 day agomessage-square56fedilink
minus-squareGold_E_Lox@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24·1 day agohistory happens slowly then suddenly. the political class of the western empire had been pulling itself apart for centuries.
minus-squaremeco03211@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·1 day ago history happens slowly then suddenly With how fast we are able to communicate, I’d say it’s likely to happen faster this time around. When the emperor does something that fucks over the populace, they can hear about it within minutes. During Roman times it could have taken months.
minus-squareGold_E_Lox@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 day agoi agree, but its peaks and valleys i suppose. the fall of US empire is still in the ‘slow’ stage i suspect.
minus-squarePudutr0n@feddit.cllinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·1 day agoThat’s how it always goes when the decadence sinks in.
history happens slowly then suddenly.
the political class of the western empire had been pulling itself apart for centuries.
With how fast we are able to communicate, I’d say it’s likely to happen faster this time around. When the emperor does something that fucks over the populace, they can hear about it within minutes. During Roman times it could have taken months.
i agree, but its peaks and valleys i suppose. the fall of US empire is still in the ‘slow’ stage i suspect.
That’s how it always goes when the decadence sinks in.