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World History

captain queeg

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3. Its always about wealth and power

Reply to left-of-center2012 (Original post)

Sun Dec 5, 2021, 09:22 PM

Dec 2021

Another thing Ive read that is a common thread amongst governments supposedly being representative, they all ultimately fail as they promise more and more to their citizens without raising sufficient funds, i.e. fiat money. Sound familiar? Tax cut rethugs always want to spend money.

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Roman Republic: The rise and fall of ancient Rome's government [View all] left-of-center2012 Dec 2021 OP

Sounds familiar Joinfortmill Dec 2021 #1

Civilizations seem to me at times like giant ant colonies /nt bucolic_frolic Dec 2021 #2

Its always about wealth and power captain queeg Dec 2021 #3

Thanks for posting this customerserviceguy Dec 2021 #4

Way back when I was a kid we studied history. Texaswitchy Dec 2021 #5

Yep left-of-center2012 Dec 2021 #6

We had two years of world history. Texaswitchy Dec 2021 #7