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> are wasted on societies who don't have memories of what it took to earn them

I mean thats a bit rich given the massive civil war, dictatorship and overthrow of the monarchy that all happened within living memory.



It's an overtly American perspective - perspective of a nation perpetually terrified of repeating the downfall of the Roman Republic.

In reality long periods of political instability make people quite happy to trade freedoms for peace.


> long periods of political instability make people quite happy to trade freedoms for peace

To be fair, the Romans traded long periods of recurring civil wars for peace. We’re nowhere close to that in America.




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