4 ms·
His point is that the external threat of barbarians or whatever is what held together civilizations like Rome. They had an external threat to rally together aga
by erobbins 7y ago
His point is that the external threat of barbarians or whatever is what held together civilizations like Rome. They had an external threat to rally together against. Here in the US the period after 9/11 was very similar, or after Pearl Harbor, etc etc.
- devoply 7y agoAmerica invents a boogie man to rally behind. There is no real boogie man. Hell go see Regan's speech where he's talking about ralling against alien threat rather than fighting the Soviet Union.
- crocal 7y agoI don’t think so. Politicians use this trick but that does not mean it is « what held together civilizations ». Intelligent leadership, rule of the law, public wealth and opportunity for growth beat barbarians any time.