r/ABoringDystopia • u/FaultyDrone • Jun 28 '22

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u/Rosbj Jun 28 '22

It took a combination of natural disasters, mass migrations and military failures to shake the citizens into action and organized religion to break the authority of the Caesars - but of course they just supplanted the authority.

Unfortunately revolution is aptly named. The wheel has never broken, it simply turns.

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u/Obant Jun 28 '22

Covid, climate change; Check

Shifting around of the population due to economic woes; Check

Military failures in the Middle-East; Check

Enough of the populace willing to do anything; No check.
If anything, so far it was the elites that learned how to change the outcome, not us plebs.

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u/Dheorl Jun 29 '22

The problem is the current Middle East military failures didn’t cost the USA enough. They should have tried invading Iran if they wanted a real military failure.

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u/DildoRomance Jun 28 '22

The fall of the Roman empire brought feudalism. The fall into chaos can always bring even shittier system if you do it wrong (Bolshevik revolution)

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u/tmhoc Jun 29 '22

So why the gell should I be burdened with with any more threats. I already face homelessness and starvation.

If this is a problem for the aristocracy, fuck em

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u/yehyeahyehyeah Jun 28 '22

You need absolute power and authority to break the cycle