i appreciate the sentiments here and broadly agree. the only thing it lacks is castrating the billionaires and taking their stuff. We can't have a ruling class with this much power, and have real robust investment in the public good or good governance. Allows for too top heavy a society

And also, the fucking Romans are not a good model to aspire to! They got all their good ideas from the Greeks, were an incredibly violent colonial power that subjugated half the planet, kept slaves, killed people for fun, crucified people who disagreed with them, and lost their republic to…

limp. dick. bitches.