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		coliveira 13 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The time bomb in the tax code that's fueling mass ... That's how they like, more time to campaign and less work that may be impopular. Thinking about it, the US government is going exactly the same way of the Roman republic.

AStonesThrow 13 days ago [–]

> US government is going exactly the same way of the Roman republic.

We're gonna conquer and annex Egypt? What an awesome time to be alive!

mr_toad 13 days ago | | [–]

That was the first imperial conquest. The republic had been gobbling up states long before that.

Reason077 13 days ago | | [–]

Egypt? No. But how about Greenland, Canada, and Panama?

AStonesThrow 13 days ago | | [–]

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