Re: OT ; Re: The joy of FORTRAN

On 04/10/2024 08:45, rbowman wrote:

You know, the Romans had some really nifty technological solutions. You
want to be a realist look at the civilizations that have faded from the
world and ask yourself if this one is any different. Hubris is a wonderful
thing when it bites you on the ass.

Following exactly the same pattern, highly complex and structured, with leaders fighting over the deckchairs and no one trying to stop the ship sinking because they have taken the controls of a vehicle they not only did not build but have no idea how to build, or maintain.
Apparently when the Gaulish people were given the option of 40% taxes and being kept safe by Rome, or paying the people that Rome was keeping them safe from 15%, strangely they opted for barbarian overlords.
Since Roman civilisation hadn't really done the peasants all that much good anyway.
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