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		tokai 17 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Is liberal democracy in terminal decline? Who would have know it would be a disaster to base your system on the Roman Republic?!

AnimalMuppet 17 days ago [–]

Well, that gave us a system that worked (with some modifications) for over 200 years, so that's still pretty good?

nh23423fefe 17 days ago | [–]

lol civil war (just like the romans loved to do) within 80 years of founding isnt great.

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