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Hmmm. This argument would be a lot more convincing IMO if the Roman Empire had expired because it lost out to a more industrialized neighbor. Rather, it mostly
by WJW 4y ago
Hmmm. This argument would be a lot more convincing IMO if the Roman Empire had expired because it lost out to a more industrialized neighbor. Rather, it mostly just collapsed under its own weight.
- anikan_vader 4y ago>> just collapsed under its own weight. I mean, it suffered a series of military defeats at the hands of Germanic peoples.
- 988747 4y agoThat was just a consequence of internal collapse, which prevented Romans from properly defending themselves, as they successfully did in previous centuries.
- shadowgovt 4y agoRome wasn't defeated per se; it more or less rotted from within, as the value individuals got out of the society did not match the value put in and the center failed to hold. That was a risk of their economic and societal model independent of the existence / non-existence of an industrial society contemporary to them; there was nothing about Rome's arrangement that guaranteed perpetual stability.
- howmayiannoyyou 4y ago> collapsed under its own weight That is a productivity/innovation issue at its core.