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In reply to the discussion: Is revolution the only way we can elicit change? [View all]BlindTiresias
(1,563 posts)There was some hope of a systemic change for the better with socialism but it was rejected and the west in general is looking at a bleak existence for most of the population for the foreseeable future.
There is some equivalent to the Roman populares, who were technically correct in the measures needed to ensure long term Roman success but who were frustrated at every turn by the Senate and Optimates. By the time the populares could even enact half of what was necessary it was already too late, the decay had set in and it was just a matter of time before Rome would dissolve. What would replace the familiar ideology of the populares was totally alien to the Romans and yet much more effective in providing for the general welfare: Christianity and Germanic culture. Consider for a moment what a Roman would think in 30 B.C. regarding what would be their future and our historical reality.