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An economy based upon slave labor (minimum wage?)... Precluded a middle class with buying power... The Roman Empire produced few exportable goods... Meanwhile the costs of military defense and the pomp of Emperors continued... Financial needs continued to increase, but the means of meeting them steadily eroded...
Who does this sound like?...
Blah, blah, blah. I'v been hearng this since the 50s!
Good point. Although I'm reminded more of France in the late 1780s: A massive debt crisis, indecisive leaders, and a huge gap between the peasantry and the nobles, with the king telling the nobles and the church they should pay more taxes, and they all balk at it.
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