tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post511675832421530172..comments2024-03-28T05:04:12.280-05:00Comments on Bayou Renaissance Man: The more things change, the more they stay the same...Peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10595089829300831372noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-24996112713151986982021-09-23T02:41:09.279-05:002021-09-23T02:41:09.279-05:00A majority of studied history for the book "T...A majority of studied history for the book "The Fourth Turning" is based on Roman study of the same cycles. They have their own word for it as well Saceleum or something like that.Bear Claw Chris Lapphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01190524236686025884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-81897301307133933902021-09-21T16:25:20.974-05:002021-09-21T16:25:20.974-05:00"The worst thing about living in the declinin..."The worst thing about living in the declining era of a great civilization is knowing that you are." - Robert Heinleinjxbdzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00262732075813219010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-74413811173661734222021-09-21T16:20:44.571-05:002021-09-21T16:20:44.571-05:00The brilliant Xi and his not so brilliant henchman...The brilliant Xi and his not so brilliant henchman Biden are well along the process of destroying the USA. History may not repeat, but it does rhyme.tweellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13095316476018974556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-84455357374624953552021-09-21T14:31:41.066-05:002021-09-21T14:31:41.066-05:00It does not help his "argument" that his...It does not help his "argument" that his essay is riddled with historical inaccuracies---the population of the city of Rome in 476 AD was not 5000, but 150,000; and the Forum was not filled with wolves in that era---just to name a few.<br /><br />The soft-core porn does not help either.<br /><br />The Western Empire "fell" in 476 AD. What this meant for the average person was...wait for it!...absolutely nothing. Rome in the West carried on until the ravages of Justinian's invasions of Italy in 535. Italy was pillaged for 20 years and ended up ruined and despoiled. <br /><br />It was not barbarians who did this to Italy, but the sophisticated Eastern Roman Emperor Justinian and his brilliant military henchman Belisarius. Mike Austinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11873698994545509565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-70638232131060066032021-09-21T11:52:20.691-05:002021-09-21T11:52:20.691-05:00What Tom said, we (the USA) did a very good job of...What Tom said, we (the USA) did a very good job of assimilation (and elimination) but now, since that feckless jackanape Teddy Kennedy turned our immigration laws upside down, assimilation is seen as a negative thing. <br /><br />Ah, well, like the fall of the Roman Empire, it will not be as bad as most people think. The world didn't suddenly descend into an anti-intellectual black world, as a lot of learning was kept alive. It just, well, wasn't as bright and shiny a world as it was before the decline of the Roman Empire.<br /><br />Really, the real destruction of Rome's Empire came during the attempt by Justinian to reunite the two Romes and the resulting plague during his time. Curiously, said Justinian's Plague came from... Survey says... Hand me the envelope please... (crinkle, tear, crinkle) CHINA. Where all the great plagues have come from. Even the ones supposedly started in India or America all have come from China. (And that does include Spanish Influenza, from China, yep.) And it's always western China. And where's Wuhan? Western China. <br /><br />Hmmmm..<br /><br />Maybe the world would be better if we just firebombed and nuked Western China (and Beijing...) Burn the source of the world's plagues out forever.<br /><br />Hmmmmm.....Beanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15293778848879361153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-22145337162504571742021-09-21T10:50:37.421-05:002021-09-21T10:50:37.421-05:00Worth noting is that the Romans had managed to ass...Worth noting is that the Romans had managed to assimilate barbarian peoples before, and done a reasonably good job of it (Gauls, Britons, etc.) However, in the latter days of the empire, they stopped trying to do so, and in fact actively tried to avoid doing so.Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16315985596383975403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-46832564064273556342021-09-21T10:32:42.352-05:002021-09-21T10:32:42.352-05:00People who don't (or refuse to) learn from his...People who don't (or refuse to) learn from history...LindaGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12203719919661519350noreply@blogger.com