[geeks] Glad I don't live in Texas!

[Eric Dittman]

> >In the US most people are kept complacent by "Bread and Circuses".
> >I'm not talking about the classic Star Trek episode, either, but
> >rather one of the reasons behind the fall of the Roman Empire.
> 
> Interestingly, the biggest reason for the fall was probably the
> slow degredation of the process of succesion into a (usually
> bloody) power-grab, every time a new emperor was chosen.

The Roman people were complacent as most of them were well-fed and
entertained.  They didn't care what happened in the government as
long as they were happy.
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Eric Dittman
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