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		AStonesThrow 65 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The time bomb in the tax code that's fueling mass ... > 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 65 days ago | [–]

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

Reason077 64 days ago | [–]

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

AStonesThrow 64 days ago | [–]

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