6 hours ago, ComradeYellow said:

I still have always had a hard time conflating the U.S. with "Rome" because the U.S. has only been a "Rome" since like 1945 or so and is not a protracted empire that has spanned millennia.  It seems in the modern era great powers only last a century or so until the next one comes along.

However, one notable difference between now and the past few centuries is that it looks like Western civilization as a projected entity across the globe appears to be in decline and the East appears to be an up and comer this time around so it'll definitely get more interesting as time goes on.

everything moves faster today and as time passes it will keep accelerating. in order for the US to declare its independence to the king of england, they had to wait over 2 months for the round trip to get the reply. if they did it today they could just make a phone call and be done with it in a few minutes. also, for the king to mobilize the army and send it to suppress the rebels it took several months, today the army would be landing on the US shore 3 days after the phone call.

 

15 hours ago, Raithe said:

I’d rather be a dwarf. I heard something about “roaring fires, malt beer, red meat off the bone“.

 

let’s see if I get banned for this one LOL