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IDKWhatUsernametoPutHereLolol@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

• obinice@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  You reminded me of something I read from back around when that bloke got elected, regarding amongst other things, the decline in the rule of law mattering to society…

  “The greatness of Rome, brilliant with repeated marks of prosperity, has gradually faded… the ancient glory of military prowess and valour has almost passed away… by the growth of wealth and luxury.

  The Roman world is falling: yet we concern ourselves with trifles… We heap up riches that perish and bury our gold in the earth as if we were piling up treasures in a lifetime of prosperity.

  Rome was great and could tolerate its own vices as long as they were held in check by some degree of virtue; but when our hands ceased to uphold the laws, when avarice and luxury sapped the nation’s strength, the state itself lost control and went its way.

  The finest men were shut out from office by the lowest dregs of society, who, having won the favour of the mob by base means, ventured to grasp at the highest offices.

  The greater her glory, the more incredible it seems that she has been brought so low.

  Empires are mortal. Rome has perished. Though she was built upon such firm foundations, Rome has sunk by her own weight.”

  - Ammianus Marcellinus, Eusebius Sophronius Hieronymus, Tacitus, Aurelius Ambrosius, Aurelius Augustinus Hipponensis. 56 - 430 AD.

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  • captainlezbian@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Rome fell before he was born

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  • theacharnian@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Yet the Roman Empire survived and thrived for about a millennium afterwards.

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    • Shezzagrad@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Id barely call the byzantines the Romans. They were a greek led empire

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      • Shardikprime@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Unfair, there is still actual debate about the Roman empire ended, and if ever, it fell.

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      • theacharnian@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        reaches for spatha

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• sic_semper_tyrannis@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  It’s been evident long before Trump had anything to do with politics

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  • FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Agreed.

    The wealthy and powerful sadly have always and will always have a preferential justice system.

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    • Deceptichum@quokk.au ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      There is no justice system, it is a legal system. Justice does not exist within it.

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      • pfr@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Came here to say exactly this

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• DrDickHandler@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

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