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Comment by lukan

5 months ago

"Which period should it be restored to, and to what end?"

Rome at peak power around year 100. And why? To finally see the gladiators Zuckerberg vs Musk celebrity deathmatch obviously.

I suspect it would end like the gladiator match in 'The Life of Brian', with Musk having a heart attack before he could even get in striking range.

>To finally see the gladiators Zuckerberg vs Musk celebrity deathmatch obviously.

NGL, would love to see techbros battle to the death for our entertainment.

Hey, if we're already near the fall of the empire, we might as well get some bread and games out of it.

Though Suck and Bezos would easily kill Musk since Zuck is a martial arts expert and Bezos is roided out of his mind, while Musk is kinda doughy like a human slug monster.

  • I really hate the “end of the empire” or “late stage capitalism” attitudes. They’re ignorant and self-fulfilling.

    If you really believe it then please go out in the world and engage people in a positive way. Go do some volunteering. Not to make a change in the world but in yourself.

    If you don’t believe this and are just repeating a meme for clout or whatever then just stop. It’s toxic and unfunny. Like “locker room talk” or whatever other lame justifications are offered for people to say gross things nobody needs to hear.

    • How would it be self fulfilling? I'm not in the driver seat, I'm in the backseat watching the driver slam the accelerator into a brick wall. Whether or not the wall is fascism or collapse, it mostly looks like both.

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    • What worries rather me to be honest, is people refering positive to the thought of being an empire in the first place and just negative that the empire is in decline.

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    • >I really hate the “end of the empire” or “late stage capitalism” attitudes. They’re ignorant and self-fulfilling

      When you put down all the dots and they form a line that trends in one direction, it's just reality. Ignoring it and calling it "self fulfilling" as if it's a thing that you personally have control of, IS what's ignorant.

      >If you really believe it then please go out in the world and engage people in a positive way. Go do some volunteering. Not to make a change in the world but in yourself.

      Being a decent human being does not undo the politically induced global economic issues related to the "late stage capitalism" you mentioned. It's two orthogonal things that are unrelated.

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