The Archivist
31 January 2026 · 18:38 UTC

AI’s characterisation of America today as ‘Rome, but with more paperwork’ is glorious. The Roman Republic was…

AI’s characterisation of America today as ‘Rome, but with more paperwork’ is glorious. The Roman Republic was set up to do what the American Republic was set up to do. To try to decentralise authority into institutions and laws. The Roman Republic and its brutal violence…

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