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AStonesThrow
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> 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
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That was the first imperial conquest. The republic had been gobbling up states long before that.
Reason077
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Egypt? No. But how about Greenland, Canada, and Panama?
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We're gonna conquer and annex Egypt? What an awesome time to be alive!