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Eugine_Nier comments on What resources have increasing marginal utility? - Less Wrong Discussion

36 Post author: Qiaochu_Yuan 14 June 2014 03:43AM

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Comment author: Eugine_Nier 21 June 2014 04:31:53PM 2 points [-]

As it happens I am familiar with the Gracchian riots, they certainly weren't indicative of the fall of the Roman Empire as the Roman Empire didn't exist then; however, the riots were most definitely indicative of the collapse of the Roman Republic.

Comment author: gwern 21 June 2014 07:50:11PM *  2 points [-]

however, the riots were most definitely indicative of the collapse of the Roman Republic.

The 'collapse' of the Roman Republic didn't involve barbarians. Which was the point of the observation. Should America one day 'collapse', may God send us a collapse as dire and apocalyptic and with terrible outcomes as the collapse of the Roman Republic...