Sunday, September 21, 2008
Ancient Bullies
The progression of violence for political gain is what caught my attention out of all the reading from this week. It was really the downfall of the republic. The Roman Republic really had no plan for itself. It let these military generals take advantage of the situation with no consequence. Each man took progressively more and more power against the constitution. The Senate really had almost no power to face a military leader with an army behind them. The Republic was doomed with the first showing of this coercing. The Senate actually set themselves up for this with the Gracchi brothers. They killed the brothers because the were a threat and had revolutionary ideas. Then Julius Caesar took it all the way to the extreme of dictator control by militant power. It is hard for me to even grasp what could prevent this from happening, their empire was so vast it seems impossible.
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This general idea of killing, lying or cheating, among other things, can be applied to our members of government or other high offices. It may happen on a less obvious scale, but similar things still go on. People are taken advangage of and pushed around so the person in power can get reap the reward. It's very difficult to get the people in positions of power OUT, and that's why our nation and others face constant difficulties.
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