• Crowfiend@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    As much as I respect your argument; the Romans. Or any civilisation really. It literally has always been that way.

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      10 months ago

      I don’t know enough about Roman politics to contradict but “any civilisation really” is definitely too broad of a stroke.

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          10 months ago

          Sure. But it only really becomes a problem in very large communities. A chieftain overseeing 50-100 villagers isn’t as easily corrupted.

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            10 months ago

            At that point, the scale is just different. That’s when the brother of the chief gets to build his new hut on the nice hill.