I've been so busy this week that I haven't had a chance to even fake a book review, so today I'll send you over to The American Spectator and Brandon Crocker's excellent look at How Rome Fell, by Adrian Goldsworthy. What I find particularly intriguing is Goldsworthy's thesis that the uncontrolled growth of bureaucracy was one of the main factors contributing to Rome's downfall.
But of course, it can't happen here.
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Read book and concur with the assessment.
When the unproductive section of society outgrows the productive one, you have problems.
When the unproductive section of society has total control of the productive section and hinders it with rules and regulations at every stage, that society is doomed.
LouMac
One funny thing about the end of the Roman Empire is that it collapsed when the climate went into a cold spell. When Rome was at its peak, the temp was 5 degrees Celcius warmer than now.
Just why did all those Goths and Vandals and Visigoths want to move to Italy? I guess it was because Germany was getting too darned cold!
And how did the Romans trigger that episode of climate change?
Ummm, errr..... the dog ate my homework.
When the unproductive section of society has total control of the productive section and hinders it with rules and regulations at every stage, that society is doomed.
That pretty much describes what is happening in America today.
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