It’s funny that the way western Roman empire declined in public image is not the way that really happened, but we are still trying to imitate it.
Cause in reality it was very agile. Late Romans really wanted to keep relevance and they managed to do that, but they also made the possible adversaries just as relevant and had too much infighting.
While our time imitates that empty helpless shell with nice looks from stupid movies which suddenly gets destroyed.
People don’t know these things or they assume and project the idea all they did was have power and that’s all that needs to be done to maintain it.
Maybe it’s our attention spans are shorter to even deal with it, maybe it’s just that we are so comfortable in our existence plus so overwhelmed by knowledge that it’s easy to just pick parts you like and assume it will all be fine without the struggle. But we are to busy lying to ourselves, and just carrying on as expected I think, to pivot until forced.
or they assume and project the idea all they did was have power and that’s all that needs to be done to maintain it.
Yes. And those people who for some reason are near power are very arrogant and think that abusing it is how you achieve things.
There’s been a time in my childhood where I thought that the humanity will become better and kinder, if we make everyone play non-rigged multiplayer games again and again, so that everyone sees how these things really work.
My childhood with Travian and MMOs and WarCraft III and browser RPGs has definitely taught me some things in that area.
Not sure if today’s multiplayer games generally lacking this effect (except for Eve, maybe, but it’s unplayable with ADHD, thus for me) is a result of some targeted policy (as in conspiracy) or just evolution.
It’s funny that the way western Roman empire declined in public image is not the way that really happened, but we are still trying to imitate it.
Cause in reality it was very agile. Late Romans really wanted to keep relevance and they managed to do that, but they also made the possible adversaries just as relevant and had too much infighting.
While our time imitates that empty helpless shell with nice looks from stupid movies which suddenly gets destroyed.
A weird thought.
People don’t know these things or they assume and project the idea all they did was have power and that’s all that needs to be done to maintain it.
Maybe it’s our attention spans are shorter to even deal with it, maybe it’s just that we are so comfortable in our existence plus so overwhelmed by knowledge that it’s easy to just pick parts you like and assume it will all be fine without the struggle. But we are to busy lying to ourselves, and just carrying on as expected I think, to pivot until forced.
Yes. And those people who for some reason are near power are very arrogant and think that abusing it is how you achieve things.
There’s been a time in my childhood where I thought that the humanity will become better and kinder, if we make everyone play non-rigged multiplayer games again and again, so that everyone sees how these things really work.
My childhood with Travian and MMOs and WarCraft III and browser RPGs has definitely taught me some things in that area.
Not sure if today’s multiplayer games generally lacking this effect (except for Eve, maybe, but it’s unplayable with ADHD, thus for me) is a result of some targeted policy (as in conspiracy) or just evolution.