• IninewCrow
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    525 days ago

    Same thing happened to ancient Rome … wealthy people started controlling everything including the army and kept making more money for themselves at the expense of everyone … at one point there was so much lawlessness that the military and army realized that they could just kill / overthrow the emperor to get what they wanted … eventually the position of leader became meaningless as everyone started to just fight and kill for what they wanted.

    • @Sanctus
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      275 days ago

      We get to see this play out again, except theres nuclear armaments this time.

      • @idiomaddict
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        95 days ago

        Real talk for hope: the more complicated institutions fall first. That’s bad news for people depending on the coast guard, but good news for people who are attacked by the now paper dragon