• Crowfiend@lemmy.world
    163·
    2 years ago

    As much as I respect your argument; the Romans. Or any civilisation really. It literally has always been that way.

    • hdnsmbt@lemmy.world
      81·
      2 years ago

      I don’t know enough about Roman politics to contradict but “any civilisation really” is definitely too broad of a stroke.

        • hdnsmbt@lemmy.world
          33·
          2 years ago

          Sure. But it only really becomes a problem in very large communities. A chieftain overseeing 50-100 villagers isn’t as easily corrupted.

    • Sir Arthur V Quackington@lemmy.world
      71·
      2 years ago

      Are you implying that the US, and the Roman’s, never had a period of growth and expansion that wasn’t late stage capitalist rot?

      The comment isn’t saying this never happens really, it’s saying it doesn’t have to. This is capitalism with no guardrails.