I wonder if this is how people felt in late Rome. Were they eternally mad? Were they looking forward to collapse, when they would get their day in the sun? It sort of worked out for the church. The Papal State took military control of Rome and central Italy for 1,000 years or so. The Germans took over Spain, France, and Italy and started…
I wonder if this is how people felt in late Rome. Were they eternally mad? Were they looking forward to collapse, when they would get their day in the sun? It sort of worked out for the church. The Papal State took military control of Rome and central Italy for 1,000 years or so. The Germans took over Spain, France, and Italy and started new dynasties, for a few hundred years. The Slavs moved into the Balkans and set up shop. The Hungarians made their way to the Carpathian basin.
But in our age, I don't predict that these disaffected groups on the internet are going to go sweeping into DC and set up dynasties... or have they already? Is that what Trump represents?
I guess I take Trump at his word when he calls himself a conservative. I think there's a difference in his attempt to save America and the online dissidents who want something brand new.
It's hard to compare the present with the past because of the influence of technology, which has a life of its own. It seems like the best analogy for technology would be a disease or warlord which sweeps across the continent, except this disease doesn't kill people, it just hacks peoples brains and makes them sad or mad.
I wonder if this is how people felt in late Rome. Were they eternally mad? Were they looking forward to collapse, when they would get their day in the sun? It sort of worked out for the church. The Papal State took military control of Rome and central Italy for 1,000 years or so. The Germans took over Spain, France, and Italy and started new dynasties, for a few hundred years. The Slavs moved into the Balkans and set up shop. The Hungarians made their way to the Carpathian basin.
But in our age, I don't predict that these disaffected groups on the internet are going to go sweeping into DC and set up dynasties... or have they already? Is that what Trump represents?
I guess I take Trump at his word when he calls himself a conservative. I think there's a difference in his attempt to save America and the online dissidents who want something brand new.
It's hard to compare the present with the past because of the influence of technology, which has a life of its own. It seems like the best analogy for technology would be a disease or warlord which sweeps across the continent, except this disease doesn't kill people, it just hacks peoples brains and makes them sad or mad.
Trump was in Democratic Party for 31 years, so idk if conservatism is his core value
What is his core value?
My bet is on narcissism: things good for me are good and true