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minus-square@Immersive_Matthew@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilink-1•5 months agoThat is the part I really do not understand. History has shown time and time again that the people always win.
minus-squarepragmakistlinkfedilink5•5 months agoI think what’s happening in the US today rhymes hard on the fall of the Roman Republic. And I’m sorry, but I don’t think the people won back then.
minus-square@Immersive_Matthew@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilink1•5 months agoI do agree. Overall humanity lost big time as many who resisted died and/or were enslaved, but in the long run society healed and we had another peaceful era. If the 4th Turning theory is correct this is just how it goes.
minus-square@lolcatnip@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglish3•5 months agoThere’s no such thing as “the people” when the country is so divided.
That is the part I really do not understand. History has shown time and time again that the people always win.
I think what’s happening in the US today rhymes hard on the fall of the Roman Republic.
And I’m sorry, but I don’t think the people won back then.
I do agree. Overall humanity lost big time as many who resisted died and/or were enslaved, but in the long run society healed and we had another peaceful era. If the 4th Turning theory is correct this is just how it goes.
There’s no such thing as “the people” when the country is so divided.