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Grandson Of Finn

@ogmios

Apr 27 • 7 tweets • 2 min read Twitter logo

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Many people compare us to a point in Roman history, often the early Imperial era. To me it seems that we're in the pre-Caesar post-Punic-War phase of economic struggle. We've had our Punic War which decided the ruler of the civilization (guess), and now our industries...

are being filled with underpaid slaves from the Imperial borderlands. Two of the main social problems are the reinstatement of the yeoman workers and the urban masses calling for a grain dole.

We haven't yet had a Caesar, but the provincial governors and homeland Senate conspire to enrich themselves while rejecting the spirit of the early Republic in favor of the letter of the law.

In 366 BC a law was passed forbidding a single man from owning more than 310 acres.

By the time of Tuberius Gracchus, rich men had begun using fake names to acquire more land (similar to a modern LLC). The yeomen no longer saw military service or family life appealing, because "gangs of foreign slaves" alongside the wealthy had taken all land and work.

This same strategy is being used today and has been growing in use for the last 70 years since the end of the Punic War.

Our pundits like Tucker have perhaps gotten us to the Gracchae stage, but remember that there were 102-157 full years between the fall of Carthage and Caesar.

People say that we're in the "looting phase" of the American political cycle. While that's true, it in no way means that those parasites will leave anytime soon. People forget how much political scheming, looting, and disenfranchisement went on between the Punic Wars and Caesar.

The parasitic class was not expelled, but neutered and kept as administrators for the more powerful Imperial family and influential generals.

By the Imperial era, familial connection to the Emperor was more important than merit. We do not see this system today.

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