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History says it never, ever, works like that.
It tells of many examples of when people thought it was a good idea...
Roman dictators did exactly that, though
Not saying their system was perfect by any means but people out here acting like there's 0 historic examples are just wrong
Yeah, that's a perfect example of how awful things can get. A slave driven economy .. and society full off ancient bullshit and death and strife and murder and horrific genocides... if you're holding up the Roman empire as a good thing for people...well, I'm not going to convince you of much.
They've had great marketing since though.. Especially the holy Catholic Church who has just the BEST history of being so great, like I think Epstein's greatest blunder was not being a Catholic. They would have protected him much better.
Wow, what awful reading comprehension you have.
Did I not literally say they weren't perfect?
Did I claim their society was perfect and the result of dictators?
Or did I refute the idea that history exclusively shows dictators abusing their power?