Post B2fAv6vSYr6GfrOC1Y by amerika@annihilation.social
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 (DIR) Post #B2f97t11OI4BO8xGHw by Bernard@friends.ravergram.club
       2026-01-26T02:15:45Z
       
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       📖 In the late Roman Empire there were plenty of larpers for the Caesars of old, plenty of libs saying Rome was for all who have civitas, and plenty of conservatives in the old Senate orating complaints like they tweet today.The Goths saw all this, and in disgust, ended it all.What you have to understand is, it wasn't wrath nor pride that stirred them to act. It was pity. Pity for the Rome that was, and what it had become. Pity in realizing they could do things better.When a generation looks at this empire today, and feels the same, then things will change. Wrath, larping, libbing, arrogance, pride - these did nothing. It was a strong man's pity that ended the decadence of Rome.https://www.attalus.org/translate/orosius7B.html📎 Aelthemplaer
       
 (DIR) Post #B2f9EAaEzCNLc1QNgu by Bunsen@poa.st
       2026-01-26T02:17:36.792439Z
       
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       @Bernard It will still take igniting a fire in peoples' hearts to propel them to action.
       
 (DIR) Post #B2fAv6vSYr6GfrOC1Y by amerika@annihilation.social
       2026-01-26T02:42:46.054452Z
       
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       @Bernard It's amazing how fast prosperity leads to democracy, equality, atomization, socialist, and diversity, which then kills the civilization from the brain outward.
       
 (DIR) Post #B2fD8LKoV4gZ2GgZkW by Jonny@annihilation.social
       2026-01-26T03:07:34.265545Z
       
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       @Bunsen @Bernard That fire is the removal of bread and circus.
       
 (DIR) Post #B2fDLf9M8gJcFvg5ZI by Bunsen@poa.st
       2026-01-26T03:08:39.855448Z
       
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       @Jonny @Bernard The bread is getting stale and the circuses are falling apart.
       
 (DIR) Post #B2fDMGZB1dxEIj2jS4 by Jonny@annihilation.social
       2026-01-26T03:10:05.075507Z
       
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       @Bunsen @Bernard Soon!!!
       
 (DIR) Post #B2fDy5RooSQUoydT3A by Jonny@annihilation.social
       2026-01-26T03:16:54.759819Z
       
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       @Bernard Italy is currently dying demographically. They are basically giving away free vacant houses in the country side villages, just like in Japan. YouTube it. It’s cray cray what you can get.
       
 (DIR) Post #B2fFAoydSgWZSOcavI by Bernard@friends.ravergram.club
       2026-01-26T03:21:57Z
       
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       @amerika Decadence
       
 (DIR) Post #B2fFFP5BAEVSavrpYG by amerika@annihilation.social
       2026-01-26T03:31:15.418905Z
       
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       @Bernard I think it is the nature of civilization to self-destruct by becoming inwardly focused thanks to human individualism. Over time this leads to the decadence you describe, but more importantly degeneration, or the loss of traits found in nature that are useless in society, like thinking.
       
 (DIR) Post #B2fI2Qhi7k7jinOZOK by Bernard@friends.ravergram.club
       2026-01-26T04:00:54Z
       
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       @Jonny Sadly, this is happening all over the anglosphere as the effect of low birth rates materializes.
       
 (DIR) Post #B2fI8NcqTyU9uYxOXQ by Jonny@annihilation.social
       2026-01-26T04:03:35.645535Z
       
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       @Bernard If you ever want too get off of Mastadon, you should come too Annihilation Social.Or at least have an alt account here.