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gherkinnn 5 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: TikTok says it is restoring service for U.S. users

So human society has been collapsing since Roman times?

philjohn 5 months ago | [–]

That's a particularly uncharitable take.

If we assume good intent, what OP was getting at is that we had that form of governance, it failed, we then slowly marched towards democracy, and now it looks like a backslide.

timeon 5 months ago | [–]

Many certainly collapsed, Romans including.

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