OK, I'm banal and obvious (and Joe is stupid and / or obtuse). Well he and I respect each other (no secret), so I guess we're both two clowns...that makes some sense....I got it. But no-one else mentioned productivity, as best I'm aware. perhaps because it's so obvious. But I got it now.
That's all I really need to know. Banal.
We can talk about the Rise and Fall of the Great Empires at some time in the distant future....maybe Thursday (see cartoon, below).
Before Gibbon, let's start with
Thucydides and the Peloponnesian War (i.e. the demise of the Golden Age - and empire - of Athens, and how it self-destructed), shall we, still the first and greatest work of History.
Poster's Remorse...
Back to Facebook for me.....
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