Dingo the Dissident

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Friday 28 January 2011

A History Lesson

The first Roman Empire
had 'bread and circuses'.

The second R.E.
had McDonald's and the movies.

Both had the largest standing
extra-territorial armies
ever known, and both collapsed
from the unsustainable luxury
of the rich.

1 comment:

Wofl said...

It is worth noting, however, that the poorest Italians of the Roman Empire were better nourished than the poorest Americans of today.