Comments on: Life in the time of Empire. http://trilema.com/2013/life-in-the-time-of-empire/ Moving targets for a fast crowd. Thu, 23 Apr 2026 00:11:13 +0000 http://polimedia.us hourly 1 By: The disadvantage of teaching people the alphabet and nothing more is that you have to somehow put up with a bunch of retards that can now express themselves in writing. on Trilema - A blog by Mircea Popescu. http://trilema.com/2013/life-in-the-time-of-empire/#comment-139437 The disadvantage of teaching people the alphabet and nothing more is that you have to somehow put up with a bunch of retards that can now express themselves in writing. on Trilema - A blog by Mircea Popescu. Mon, 06 Jan 2020 23:58:54 +0000 http://trilema.com/?p=49513#comment-139437 [...] aunt and Mark Twain's great-grandmother held the same notions of this world. [↩]Review Martial, seriously, you should be fluent in Latin if you're going to be using their alphabet. [↩]So [...] [...] aunt and Mark Twain's great-grandmother held the same notions of this world. [↩]Review Martial, seriously, you should be fluent in Latin if you're going to be using their alphabet. [↩]So [...]

]]> By: Mircea Popescu http://trilema.com/2013/life-in-the-time-of-empire/#comment-95176 Mircea Popescu Mon, 23 Sep 2013 04:25:20 +0000 http://trilema.com/?p=49513#comment-95176 Ay verily, so very invalid. Ay verily, so very invalid.

]]> By: Anon http://trilema.com/2013/life-in-the-time-of-empire/#comment-95175 Anon Mon, 23 Sep 2013 04:24:38 +0000 http://trilema.com/?p=49513#comment-95175 MP: <blockquote>What’s left, I ask you, what exactly is this vaunted Progress made out of ? As Republic gives way to Principate, free market to planned economy and freedom generally to sprawling bureaucracy, the same “progressive” notions are perpetually entertained, and represented as some sort of grand discoveries. The same patterns repeat, privately as well as publicly, whether we’re woolen toga wearing goat slaughterers or nylon clad keyboard massacrers.</blockquote> Wikipedia: <blockquote>As Emperor, Domitian quickly dispensed with the republican facade his father and brother had maintained during their reign. By moving the centre of government (more or less formally) to the imperial court, Domitian openly rendered the Senate's powers obsolete. In his view, the Roman Empire was to be governed as a divine monarchy with himself as the benevolent despot at its head. In addition to exercising absolute political power, Domitian believed the Emperor's role encompassed every aspect of daily life, guiding the Roman people as a cultural and moral authority. To usher in the new era, he embarked on ambitious economic, military and cultural programs with the intention of restoring the Empire to the splendour it had seen under the Emperor Augustus.</blockquote> Therefore your argument is invalid. MP:

What’s left, I ask you, what exactly is this vaunted Progress made out of ? As Republic gives way to Principate, free market to planned economy and freedom generally to sprawling bureaucracy, the same “progressive” notions are perpetually entertained, and represented as some sort of grand discoveries. The same patterns repeat, privately as well as publicly, whether we’re woolen toga wearing goat slaughterers or nylon clad keyboard massacrers.

Wikipedia:

As Emperor, Domitian quickly dispensed with the republican facade his father and brother had maintained during their reign. By moving the centre of government (more or less formally) to the imperial court, Domitian openly rendered the Senate's powers obsolete. In his view, the Roman Empire was to be governed as a divine monarchy with himself as the benevolent despot at its head.

In addition to exercising absolute political power, Domitian believed the Emperor's role encompassed every aspect of daily life, guiding the Roman people as a cultural and moral authority. To usher in the new era, he embarked on ambitious economic, military and cultural programs with the intention of restoring the Empire to the splendour it had seen under the Emperor Augustus.

Therefore your argument is invalid.

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