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ScuzzaMan's avatar

"Serious economic difficulties have moral causes, and there was no radical cure short of a complete change in the temper of society."

History, eh?

Is this not also exactly the condition of the West today?

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ShootyBear's avatar

Yeah it’s amazing how much it sounds like today!

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Here To Listen's avatar

I love this Substack, really really

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Joe Katzman's avatar

"The most interesting circumstance of the Gothic war is the help which Constantine received from Cherson, the last of the Greek republics. It stood where Sebastopol now stands."

Huh, that one sounds familiar.

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Here To Listen's avatar

With the staggering amount of historical records, it is criminal to keep repeating the same errors over millennia. History should be a compulsory subject for every grade.

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