@nypost This is very sad. But to be honest, doesn’t society praise somebody who free-climbs a skyscraper without a safety net? Unfortunately, lots of fame and praise for those climbers defying death. I know it is kids vs adults, but both are very very dangerous.
@lefineder By that point, half of the Roman soldiers were fighting the other half. Continual civil war, often aided by outside forces. Minimal loyalty to the central government of the “idea” of Rome. Those troops became ideologically fragmented and increasingly loyal to local governors.
@TheStalwart@mark_kremer Joe, you should set up an AI bot to argue with your critics and have it repeatedly answer every question with a question.
Call it Socrat-AI