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slide to the left (602 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-15-06 08:54 AM Original message |
The fall of an empire |
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acmejack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-15-06 08:55 AM Response to Original message |
1. Yes it does! |
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slide to the left (602 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-15-06 09:15 AM Response to Reply #1 |
5. Thank |
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Jeffersons Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-15-06 09:03 AM Response to Original message |
2. good analogy |
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fasttense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-15-06 09:06 AM Response to Original message |
3. Since you are studying history, have you noticed how many wars were fought |
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Jeffersons Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-15-06 09:09 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. while most tyrannical governments use religion as an excuse... |
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hatrack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-15-06 09:15 AM Response to Original message |
6. Don't forget bread and circuses |
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Jeffersons Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-15-06 09:26 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. what America really wants in REALITY TV |
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hatrack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-15-06 09:29 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Or to paraphrase my favorite line from "Seven": |
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Jeffersons Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-15-06 09:37 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. it was true then and it's true now |
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hatrack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-15-06 09:59 AM Response to Reply #10 |
12. It's like we stumbled to the entrance of the cave in Plato's parable . . |
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slide to the left (602 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-15-06 09:44 AM Response to Reply #8 |
11. popped |
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enigma000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-15-06 10:06 AM Response to Reply #6 |
13. Last stages of empire: affluence, softness, decadence, extinction |
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hatrack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-15-06 12:12 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. Never forget: the root of "decadent" is the verb "to decay" nt |
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hvn_nbr_2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-15-06 01:46 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. Civilizations are like bananas. They're sweetest just before they ... |
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welshTerrier2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-15-06 09:19 AM Response to Original message |
7. the "sorrows of empire" |
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Stockholm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-15-06 10:52 AM Response to Original message |
14. Welcome to DU |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-15-06 11:57 AM Response to Original message |
15. The similarities between the US and Rome are absolutely freaky. |
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hvn_nbr_2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-15-06 02:02 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. I'd like to hear more about that. |
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hvn_nbr_2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-15-06 05:13 PM Response to Original message |
19. I guess history, fall of Rome, references to Plato are too esoteric. |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-15-06 05:48 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. Nobody wants to talk about this, I believe it's because deep down |
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