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I'll bet if you could wake up a politician from the ancient world and tell him that the "information age" allows an army to solicit money on its own and use that money to act contrary to the ruling class, such a politician would laugh and say no such civilization could possibly survive.
I mean the praetorian guard literally auctioned off the position of Roman emperor.
I'll bet if you could wake up a politician from the ancient world and tell him that the "information age" allows an army to solicit money on its own and use that money to act contrary to the ruling class, such a politician would laugh and say no such civilization could possibly survive.
I mean the praetorian guard literally auctioned off the position of Roman emperor.
I'll bet if you could wake up a politician from the ancient world and tell him that the "information age" allows an army to solicit money on its own and use that money to act contrary to the ruling class, such a politician would laugh and say no such civilization could possibly survive.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
I mean the praetorian guard literally auctioned off the position of Roman emperor.
Slippery slope lesson in that. When Caesar 1 crossed a river with his army it was a big deal.